Today is the one-year anniversary of the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
It's hard to believe that a year has passed. As is so often the case, it feels as if this disaster happened years ago and also just a few months ago. Gauging the passage of time is such a tricky task, especially as I grow older. : /
Yesterday I watched a show about cat cafes in Japan. What a cute concept! The show's host also visited an American couple who used to teach English as a Second Language. Now they run a cat shelter located in a safe area, but not far from the radiation zones that have resulted from the earthquake and tsunami damage at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. About once a week, the woman enters the radiation zone and takes food to the cats that are still living there, most of them pets that had to be left beyond when their owners were forced to flee. The shelter owners have been able to bring a few cats out and assimilate them into the shelter, but many cats are too sick or too fearful to make the transition.
A year has passed, but many people, pets, livestock, and other animals are still suffering the economic and emotional aftershocks.
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