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10 October 2006

Gift of Autumn


Gift of Autumn
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

After the storm.

It's been stormy really during the week. It was like a typhoon. The rain washed all the dust off the surface of the city, and the wind shook off the leaves, acorns, twigs and everything. And here's autumn. No more hot, humid, muggy days and nights.

Leaf


Leaf
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

The Sky Is High Today


The Sky Is High Today
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

A couple of days after a stormy weather. Very windy.

9 October 2006

Anna Politkovskaya on TV, Tokyo, Japan


Anna Politkovskaya on TV, Tokyo, Japan
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

Off TV screen, NHK morning news, at about 7.30 am Sunday 8 October 2006, Tokyo, Japan.

The news was about the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a prominent investigative journalist in Russia who has been reporting on the war in Chechenya.

from the BBC:
Chechen war reporter found dead
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5416218.stm

I've read her books and articles, in Japanese and English. I just don't know what to say. She got bullets for what she wrote? What a wonderful world.