“Every
man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the
right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary. A houseboat in Kashmir, a view down Atlantic Avenue in
Brooklyn, a gray gothic farmhouse two stories high at the end of a red dog road
in the Allegheny Mountains, a cabin on the shore of a blue lake in spruce and
fir country, a greasy alley near the Hoboken waterfront, or even, possibly, for
those of a less demanding sensibility, the world to be seen from a comfortable
apartment high in the tender, velvety smog of Manhattan, Chicago, Paris, Tokyo,
Rio, or Rome — there's no limit to the human capacity for
the homing sentiment.” ~ Edward Abbey, Environmentalist/Author
“We make progress in society only if we stop cursing and complaining about its shortcomings and have the courage to do something about them.” ~ Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Physician/Author Pictured here is Kikuko Shinjo, 89 years old, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast. As a 17-year old nursing student she helped nurse victims of the carnage back to health. Many of them died in her care. She says she holds no grudge against America and encourages interaction between the Japanese and Americans. She has devoted her life to peace, saying, “I want all the people around the world to be friends, and I want to make my country peaceful without fighting.” Today she makes colorful paper cranes and donates them to the Children’s Peace Monument at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
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