Hope Springs Eternal
April 11th 2009 The spring has come, and once again
The sun shines in the sky;
So gently smile the heavens, that
It almost makes me cry,
When blossoms droop and die.
--Kino Tomonori, c. 905
In 1995, the Japanese city of Kobe was completely destroyed by a devastating earthquake. Almost 4600 people died and a cosmopolitan port city was reduced to rubble in a matter of minutes. No mor
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