6/29はフラワーセンターのハスだけでなく北鎌倉はヤマボウシの季節だった。ちょうど美しく咲いていた。何とラッキーだったことか！
We took lunch at Tonden with Jess family
6/29左上のブーケはOliviaが選んで作ってもらったものとか。Jessたちはブーケとお菓子・ヴァニラ・お茶などのお土産を持って約束の時間通りに来てくれた。フランス人は礼儀正しくしっかりしていて思慮深い。ラ・メール、日本語のうた、タヒチの歌を歌ってくれた。
私の人生に中で出会ったもっとも面白い魅力的な人のひとり、ミルカ・モラさん。その人が私のことを書いてくれた本が手元に戻ってきた。オーストラリア、メルボルン、パリ、ユダヤ人、画家・artistを思う時いつも彼女を思い出した。kumikoも「ミルカさんに会って愉快だった」という。
Mirka Madeleine Mora (née Zelik) (18 March 1928 – 27 August 2018(aged 90)) was a French-born Australian visual artist and cultural figure who contributed significantly to the development of Australian contemporary art. Her media included drawing, painting, sculpture and mosaic.
「フリンダース駅の横にあるMirkaのモザイクの壁画」・・・以前は駅の構内にあったけど・・・
City of Melbourne/@cityofmelbourne
Vale Mirka Mora, a true Melburnian. If you’re one of the one million people walking past Flinders Street station today, please keep a look out for the glorious mural Mirka painted there in 1986.
Peter and Abby are not very close, but they are my fond friends. I remember the day I met Peter for the last time in 2015, probably, in front of Ann’s Sabin house. I also remember the time I met Morry, their daughter, long time ago. She was with Emily and was very pleased to have a Japanese toy, Origami Mobile. I think I visited their house, but not sure.
Peter became short, because of his age, like anybody else! Morry looks so beautiful! I am very pleased to know that everybody has been having good and happy life.
We talked about: my dream of Ann calling for John this morning, John’s dinner menu, John’s Covid, very sick for 2 days, caughing, chills and…, recovery process of the Montpelier flood last July, my rehabilitation (“you look good!” they said to me), Japan’s Standard University Entrance Exam of Haruka, about Yohta going to master’s course, pretty Emily, still taking courses on philosophy, US presidential election:,Biden is a very good president but good chane for Trump to be next（怒）, Ken’s work (is at Haneda Airport, going to Fukuoka), Montpelier’s shortage of Elevators, Post office problems, Simon will turn to be 22 tomorrow.
Talked about Yohta, Haruka, and Adri’s future goal! John told us about his happy life at Westwind with Herigan! I was so glad to know that John got used to it and became populer at his new apartment. Wonderful!!
★Oct 6th Adri’s future, US Election, Barbara, moving to two bed-rooms apartment (on Nov 1st), Vermont’s foliage, housing for homelesses in Sabin Pasture <650 thousand dollers, the price of the Sabin house 1億円>, Climate change with floodings, Halloween, the day of the death??, Japan’s ruling LDP’s two political scandals and so on. A lot of fun, makes me stronger and happier.
(Mail from Mr.Slo, Jan 4) It must have been very frightening to have been there at the time. I agree for elderly it is so very difficult. How sad.
But on a happier note we have been equally astonished and impressed by the JAL flight escape. A wonderful tribute to the Japanese people that they all stayed calm. There was a time when Britain was like that but now I wonder.
1/10 北陸電力は、石川県志賀町にある志賀原子力発電所で、今月1日の地震発生後、およそ1メートルから3メートルの津波が、複数回到達していたことが分かったと発表しました。いずれも敷地の高さを下回っていて、この津波による安全性への影響はないとしています。北陸電力は、志賀原発の取水口から海水を引き込んだ先にある水位計と、敷地前の物揚場（ものあげば）付近に設置した波高計のデータから津波の到達状況を分析し、9日、その結果を発表しました。それによりますと、取水口や物揚場付近には、今月1日の地震発生から25分後の午後4時35分ごろに、およそ1メートルの津波が到達したあと、1時間半余りたった午後5時45分ごろには、最大となるおよそ3メートルの津波が到達していたことが分かったということです。ほかにも複数回の津波が到達していたとみられ、北陸電力が分析を続けています。志賀原発では、海抜11メートルの敷地に高さ4メートルの防潮堤が設置されていて、今回の津波による原発の安全性への影響はないとしています。
January 3, 2024 (Mainichi Japan) Passengers expressed their relief and recalled tense moments following their narrow escape from a Japan Airlines Co. jet that caught fire after colliding with a Japan Coast Guard airplane at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Tuesday. With an in-flight announcement calling on passengers to keep calm, the man, desperate to protect his daughter, kept her head close to the floor so that she would not breathe in the smoke, and the couple encouraged each other by saying, “Everything will be alright.“
(Mail to Mr.Sl Jan 7 from me)
How have you been? I was also very impressed by a wonderful performance of the JAL flight attendants.
Among them, I was interested in an idea of “10 people in circle rule” (it is not an official naming, I knew this idea from a newspaper article in Japanese). While JAL crew helped passengers escaping from flames, they asked passengers leaving the airplane “makes a circle in 10 people each, as it helps counting the number easier, and also helps building cooperative feeling!” Is this a good idea?
I have been concerning about the condition of the Shika Nuclear Power Plant in Noto Peninsula.
The Aftermarth Sept. 13
うちの家族にとっては「私たちのアメリカの家」と思っている（た）Vermontの大洪水は、自分事だ。みんなで大ショック！幸い上流のダムの決壊は免れ、水は引き始めた(7/13 As of this morning, the dam has held, and the water is beginning to recede. So now the clean-up will begin. As you can tell from the pictures, it will take a long time to get things back to normal. J. I saw a picture of the flooding in downtown Montpelier, I’m really surprised. It’s unbelievable. I’m also worrying about the Dam. I wish your family are all safe K..)
| Heat wave, flooding: |
 Water can be seen flowing next to a damaged road after flash flooding in Ludlow, Vt., on Monday. (Joanna Slater/The Washington Post) |
| You’re probably watching — and maybe living — two of the biggest political stories this week: The punishing heat wave across the West and South, and torrential rain drowning Vermont and upstate New York. But maybe you’re not seeing them as political stories. Let’s fix that.These two dramatic meteorological events are first and foremost about the lives of the people in physical danger, or who are losing their homes or livelihoods. But because our working definition of politics includes how a society addresses threats, the label clearly applies.Today, we’re going to focus on the flooding. |
Vermont’s capital, Montpelier, closes downtown as river reaches historic levels. National Weather Service warns of more potential flash floods.
Updated July 11, 2023 at 6:24 p.m. EDT| WP
Relentless rain washed out roads and prompted evacuations in Vermont on July 10 as the state braced for more rain and flooding overnight. (Video: Julie Yoon/The Washington Post, Photo: John Tully/The Washington Post)
Even as the rain stopped late Tuesday morning, a deluge and swollen rivers created “historic and catastrophic” flooding in Vermont, Gov. Phil Scott (R) said Tuesday, with officials warning that more rainfall is expected as early as Thursday, threatening another wave of flooding and damage.
“This is nowhere near over,” Scott said.
More than 100 people have been rescued by boat as authorities rushed to rescue those stranded in hard-hit and remote areas. Thousands have lost homes or businesses and “countless” roads have been washed out, authorities said. No deaths had been reported in the state, but officials said search-and-rescue would take at least several days. Officials hoped to begin damage assessments by Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning.
地図と街の風景
Sept 14 The newspaper which John sent to us today!
For my memory, I’d like to put photos of my favorite cities and other places I visited for years! So, I wonder which city I should choose first, it should be York!
York, spring in 2004 (apr-july)
York, Wentworth College
Univ of York campus in winter 2003-4
York in 2003 Christmas
Lake District in 2004
Yorkshire Dale with Mr Ingle
in Italy 2004
Manchester and Liverpool
