wasgonna and weshould went for a walk...

[lagilman]

I was going to post this morning about the Scotch tasting we went to last night.

I was going to mention that this Friday's Practical Meerkat is up.

I was going to mention that I'm interviewed on I SHOULD BE WRITING.


Instead this morning we woke to the news of the massive earthquake in Japan. As The Guy is a seismologist, this sort of changed the tone of the day - by 7:30 he was on the phone with his workplace, trying to track down people, canceling meetings and rounding up experts to throw to the media wolves (he got thrown too, I'm told).

We both know people in that area of Japan. We know people in the paths of the expected tsunamis. I have heard from most of my friends, by now, and they are all well... but I am once again reminded how small and dangerous this world is. Small and dangerous and beautiful, too.


Be gentle with yourselves. Be kind to others. And this weekend, celebrate being alive.


[and, if publicly-appropriate, come back and share how you did it!]

Comments

Share how you did it...

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

... if publicly appropriate. How well you know your friends. :-)

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

Small and dangerous and beautiful, too.

Only too true. I'm still waiting to hear from someone I know in Japan. I definitely want to go stomp some dandelions.

[brandietarvin.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping your friends came out of everything okay.