Sunday Morning

Went to Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and "The Merchant of Venice" starring F. Murray Abraham.  Both excellent, but can't write about anything, except what is happening in Japan: earthquakes, tsunami,
and burning nuclear power plants.
That nation has given the world so much, Noh drama, Haiku, Kurosawa, Mishima, and Zen Buddhism.    
It has also survived two atomic bombs to become a world economic power.  They are an extraordinary people.
From today's Times:
"The few shops open have people queuing nicely," Mr. Tonge, a teacher from Britain said, "with no pushing or fighting or anything."   He lives in Sendai [the hardest hit of the coastal cities,1.4 million homes without electricity, and 500,000 without water].  "People are not panicking - typical of a nation accustomed to order and schooled to stay calm and constructive."   His hope is that this does not become the Sendai earthquake because: "This is a beautiful city with nice people.  A great place to live." 
Dominus vobiscum.