Eastward Turning Thoughts

So news of Japan, it seems, continues to roll in and get worse by the day.  Honestly, I just haven't had it in me to write about food when there are much bigger issues at hand and suffering beyond my comprehension. 

But I love finding words that bring some form of hope, some signal of things turning right, eventually. 

Hope is the thing with feathers

that perches in the soul

and sings the tune

without the words,

and never stops at all.

-Emily Dickinson