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The Land Remembers, Italy
We were visiting cousin Toni and her family in a hilltop, walled village near Torino. Looking out across the landscape we saw castles, and their villages, atop each of the many surrounding hills. Between each village lay fertile fields and the occasional woodland. Vineyards and orchards appeared here and there across the countryside. The Alps…
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The Joy of Rain
It’s twilight and I am sitting on the front porch listening to the rain. Ours has been a dry spring and these thunder showers are truly welcome; the birds greet the rain with their joyous songs. If I were wearing my hearing aids, would I hear tree frogs? Our holiday was much needed and truly…
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Meet Naoto Matsumura, The Guardian of Fukushima’s Animals
Originally posted on Kindness Blog: Naoto Matsumura is the only human who now lives in Fukushima’s 12.5-mile radiation exclusion zone in Japan. At first he fled the radation-riddle area, but he returned soon after to feed his animals. Matsumura then realized that there were thousands of other creatures that needed to be fed, as well.…
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