An atomic bomb survivor whom I heard speak today said that peace means understanding the suffering of others. An amazingly profound statement by an extremely brave woman, who identified the charred body of her dead mother, saw maggots growing on her sister's face, observed her sister throw herself in front of a train because she couldn't live with the pain, covered her eyes during bomb raids to keep them from popping out, yet she persevered. She is alive.

The world needs more people like this.

Incidental kanji discovery of the day

串

What do you suppose this means?

It makes sense, really! Suzie and I found this out by trial and error - we were in the local isakaya and this kanji appeared many times in the menu, so we decided to order the green pepper followed by this kanji. Guess what we got?

Green pepper on a stick!!!