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Riding, Remembering, Recovering
Biking through the streets of Boston yesterday on the final leg of the 3-day ride from Ground Zero, I rode through Kenmore Square feeling like it was 1994, and I was navigating from one of my grad...
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Iraqis under threat, Indian women in focus at Tribeca by Christine Kearney NEW YORK – (Reuters) – Iraqis living in danger after working with U.S. troops and diplomats and an examination of women in...
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The Family Altar
An ancestral altar where the living pay respects to the dead and appreciate the unity of all the ancestors, and the importance of family lineage. Tsugiko Ouchi is 87-years-old, yet giggles like a...
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Someday…I Will Return
One of the most striking things about Fukushima in the winter is a persimmon tree in the snow. The fruits have lost the wild orange color that defines them in the fall and now dangle from naked tree...
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The Smell of Cabotage in the Morning
Logan Airport, 4:30am “You may be alright,” Chris, the Air Canada ticket agent tells us. “But it’s risky. That’s flying too close to the sun for me.” And so begins Friday the 13th, and our trip to...
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Ring of Fire
10th Floor, Toyoko Inn, Fukushima City There are lots of fun reasons for a bed to be rattling in the middle of the night. But an earthquake isn’t one of them. The first quake hits at 3:20am. It’s a 5.7...
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Anti-Nuke Undies
Iizaka Village in Kawamata Town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan Current top ranking for most ridiculous conversation goes to: Me: “We need anti-radioactive underwear.” Balaban: “Do they sell that at the...
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Beware of the Giant Hornet
Yamakiya, Japan – Forced Evacuation Zone More than 2,300 decontamination workers are in Yamakiya tackling a portion of the largest radiological clean-up the world has ever seen. If you expect them to...
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Digging to Argentina
A few things I’ve enjoyed learning on this trip – outside of our filming: 1. Argentina is where Japanese kids dig to in the sandbox. Yuki (our pet for the past two weeks) is anxious to get to South...
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