Dear Diary,
It's been a long time, hasn't it? Some things have changed in Blogspot, and I'm not sure how I'll deal with those going forward, but anyway, that's why the photo in this page is so huge.
I went on a long hike today, and my path took me through Peace Park. It seemed weirdly deserted and non-descript, just a rather dry lawn with some unobtrusive interruptions. For what seemed like minutes I couldn't find the park sign, and wondered if it had been taken down. Not so, but the only thing it brags about is the sculpture "Sadako and the Thousand Cranes", and that sculpture is still achingly absent.
But people remember it:
I'm sure I haven't read everything that's been said about the violent theft of that sculpture, but in what I have read, I've seen nothing about any possibility of replacing it. Seems to me that the alternative is to tar ourselves with the guilt of the thief, to say we aren't good enough for a statue like that any more. Anyway, I think this possibility of a new sculpture should at least be raised, and, if possible, handed for a decision to the people who left all those flowers, or people who remember how to make origami cranes, or like that.
Good night, dear Diary. I'm still not sure when we'll meet again.
