Corn

A scent of corn with husk reminds me of my childhood.

My uncle used to produce corns in his farm and I helped my mother to sell them to neighbors during summer holiday.

I am glad to hear that my two nieces in Fukushima stayed with my parents in Sendai for a week during their summer holiday. They enjoyed playing around without any worry about radiation from Fukushima power plant.

There has been still thousands of earthquake from small ones to big ones since 11th of March, 2011.　When the M4 earthquake hit Tohoku area three days ago, I emailed to my niece.　She replied quickly, saying "I am just fine! I am not scared at all. I got used to the earthquake :)! I won't be scared even if the bigger one hit again! ...But... I am terrified with radiation."

皮付きとうもろこしの香りは子供の頃を思い出す香り。

叔父が作ったとうもろこしを、夏休みに近所へ販売するお手伝いをした。

福島に住む姪達が、仙台の祖父母宅へ滞在し、

放射能から解放された夏休みを楽しんだようだ。

余震はまだまだ続いている。

３日前に震度５弱の地震があった時

姪にメールをしたら、すぐ返事が着た。

「大丈夫だよ！

全然怖くないし、地震に慣れちゃったよ。

また震度６とかきても大丈夫！

原発は怖いけどね…」