Saturday, March 12, 2011

On 11 March 2011 at 14:46...

... this happened. And it was felt around the country as evidenced by the map of seismic activity...

Personally, it was the longest-lasting earthquake I've ever experienced. It devastated the northeastern part of Japan and triggered a series of gigantic tsunamis that swept away everything in their destructive paths. The effects of this one will be felt emotionally, psychologically and financially for a very long time to come.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

It's been snowing...

... in Nagaoka. Snowing a lot. Naturally, I hate it (ignore the happy face in the pic... I'm just fabulous at hiding my despair).


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

They just called to me...

Something about these just screamed my name!! I just felt compelled to buy them for some reason.