陽子
洪水の跡くっきりと河浅し
こうずい の あと くっきり と かわ あさし
River, water is low
Banks and bridges show
Signs of last year’s flood
ミズーリー河沿いの農家の人達は、昨年の洪水に続く今年の旱魃とダブルパンチを受けています。
Farmers along the Missouri River are coping with a double punch; last year’s flood and this year’s drought.
I am an artist, by Dr. Yoko Kelley 
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元気の出る健康コーナー It’s exciting!
私は画家です。本職は小児科医です。
I am an artist. My main occupation is pediatrician.
絵は、趣味と実益を兼ねています。
Painting for me is a hobby and at the same time gives me real benefits.
油絵、水彩画のほか、彫刻もします。
I paint in oil and water color. I also sculpt.
想像力を駆使して、作品を仕上げます。
When I paint and sculpt, I use a great deal of imagination.
毎日の生活で目にするもの全てが絵の対象となります。
Everything I see in daily life is the subject of paintings.
風景画、静物画、肖像画、時には、イラストも描きます。
I paint landscapes, still lifes and portraits. I sometimes illustrate.
まだまだ、これからが、本当の人生です。
I consider that my life stretches further into the future.
何事も、絶対に諦めることなく、精進を重ねていきます。
I have no plans to ever quit but will keep on going
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Illustration by Dr. Norman Kelley
I went diving on Saturday for the first time in over a decade. First, I had to get some refresher training in the pool. I had to show that I could still breathe properly underwater and not panic. I was reminded how gas expands and how to use breathing to control how you float in the water. In the afternoon, I participated in two boat dives. I saw lots of different fish, several eels, and even a handful of giant turtles. I was surprised to find a stone statue of the Buddha underwater that was covered in fish eggs making it look purple. Perhaps I should thank Amitabha because I had a really great time.
スピードに刺激と恐怖バイク乗り
スピード に しげき と きょうふ バイクのり
Speed beckons me
my hands respond to the call
it grips my heart.
When I ride my motorcycle, I tell myself I want to just ride the speed limit…but then an urge comes over sometimes, or maybe I just pass a car and all of the sudden I want to go faster and faster, it’s exciting and scary at the same time. Depending on the situationＩ get large amounts of adrenaline.
ロドニー
In Japan, there is a practice of interviewing famous, successful people and asking them what the most important principle that they live by is. Answers are usually such things as “persevering through hardship”, “putting other people before me”, and so on. I thought a little bit about this for myself, and came up with “習い続く”, or keep on learning.
What I mean by this is that I don’t ever want to adopt a mindset that I’ve reached some sort of final stage in my growth and therefore don’t have to learn more or accept new ideas. I have met several people like this. One of them was an economics professor I had in my freshman year of college. He had gotten the meanings of the prefixes “post-” and “ante-“confused, and I tried to correct him after class, but because he was the big man with the doctorate he refused to even consider that he could be wrong.
More than just staying open-minded, I want to continue to grow. For example, when I first learned Spanish, I found it surprisingly enjoyable. So, I started learning other languages. When I first picked up the guitar, I loved that too, so I’ve gone on to other musical instruments as well. I still don’t think I’ve mastered anything, not even my native English, so I will also continue to grow within everything I do.
紋切りのナースの声は年一度
もんきり の ナース の こえ は ねん いちど
Annual check-up
nurse’s dull scripted words
my clinic visit.
みちこ
血圧や怒りの数値上昇す
けつあつ や いかり の すうち じょうしょう す
Blood pressure reading
rises along with anger
from stupid questions.
みちこ
明日の夜新場所で弾く演る気沸き
あす の よる しんばしょ で ひく やるき わき
Tomorrow night
music with new people
complete focus.
Frustrated by Michiko: Illustrated by Michiko
「えツ、ネブラスカでも桃が採れるんですか？」
暑い日中、知人がオマハ市内に住むお姉さんの庭の桃の木から採れたと、箱にいっぱいつまった桃を届けてくれました。
米本土で桃といえばジョージアピーチと言われるように、ジョージア州その他の南部の州で採れるものとばかり思っていました。
１００度（摂氏４３度）前後の暑い日がつづく今年がたまたま桃の豊作となったのかどうかたずねましたが、お姉さんはその家に引っ越したばかりとのことで、その点は不明。
日本の水蜜桃と比べると小さくて繊維が勝ってるのは確かですが、桃は桃。それに新鮮。有り難くいただいています。
I think my cats are immune to centipede bites. There was one in my house the other day. All three of my cats stalked it, pawed at it, and even bit it. I saw the centipede retaliate but the cats seemed unaffected. Eventually I assisted them because they seemed more interested in playing with it than killing it.
