a shaky friday

Shaky is a great way to sum up today.  Japan was hit by a massive earthquake followed by extreme tsunami action.  This would shake my core just to be a person who watched horrified on the news, but I felt like the earthquake shook my entire body with as much energy as it shook Japan and surrounding countries because I have someone near and dear living right in Nagoya, only 160 miles from Tokyo.

This morning was a hectic flurry of phone calls and emails all while keeping an eye on Skype and hoping that my brother was able to get cell or internet service.  Fortunately, he was rather unaffected by the earthquake, other than a fierce shaking of both the building he was working in and his mental state while contacting friends and coworkers nearby to make sure that everyone was okay.  He contacted my immediately following my email and we were assured that everything was fine and he had made it home from work unscathed.

I am grateful that were able to visit him earlier this year and see the sites before such tragic circumstances and I'm sending as much positive energy to all of those affected by all of the horrible events.

I would love to promote his Etsy site and show off his amazing paintings.  however, since moving to Japan, he has had little time to complete many paintings and is worried about the cost of shipping to his customers so he hasn't been posting any new work for sale.  Either way, you can look at his sold items and maybe contact him if you are interested in something.  Check him out here for he is much more talented than I!