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Hey Naoki,
The coronavirus has been a source of much grief and hardship in the USA as it has been worldwide. Different states are in different stages of opening up now (some business are now open with different restrictions as regards how they can operate as far as capacity and social distancing like restarants and retail chains like Target. Manufacturing facilities, grocery stores, medical like hospitals and drug stores are now much less restricted. It’s the small business owners (we have a nickname for these stores, pop and mom stores) which have been really hurt by the shutdown, but its getting much better from what I have seen. Danny and Jennifer and their families are well. Their individual business/jobs are fine, River and Utah are doing school work at home, and JC is just being a little guy growing up.
I think of you and 〇〇〇 and your family often and hope all is well. I know Japan has had its problems too with the coronavirus and hope Japan is now on the way back to the way it was before the virus. My 2 weeks in Japan with you guys will always be one of my life’s best times.
We are having riots here, I am guessing this has been shown on some world news networks, which has caused much damage in some of our cities. This started when a black man died during a police arrest by a white cop. There was a video of this which showed the cop with his knee on the man’s neck while the man was on his stomach and handcuffed and saying he couldn’t breathe. This was a bad cop and is now under arrest. The protests went from peaceful to violent in many cases, mostly at night when violent people showed up to stir up the protesters and cause violent behavior by some people. This is not America and is sad to see. It only takes a few many times to cause pain for many.
I spoke to Margie and she is doing well. I know she is sending you a email also. I will let her tell you what she has been up too. From talking to her I know Wayne is doing well also.
Last, but not least I am trying to stay healthy by walking, using the dumbells, kindo stick reps, punching and kicking reps.
Take care,
Frank
・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・園芸学部の研究圃場への裏門をくぐるとハシブトガラスに威嚇されると思ったら、樹上に小枝やエモンカケなどで作った巣があるのを見つけました。道理で下を通る私の頭上すれすれに飛んで威嚇したり、私を睨みつけて激しく鳴いて威嚇する筈です。
動植物の繁殖の時期ですので、よく見るとドクダミも開花しています。
A棟前の庭園の小さな池には水草のハスとショウブ?が入れてありますが、誰かが引っこ抜いたのかショウブ?の根が水面に浮かんでいました。ショウブ?の根を初めて見ましたが、とんどん地下で根を伸ばして広がっていく竹の根のようだなと感じました。
上矢切にある松戸市総合福祉会館(旧健康増進センター)の前には、今まであまり気が付きませんでしたが、選挙管理委員会の広報の三角柱が立っていました。「贈らない」「求めない」「受け取らない」という標語は票の買収を戒めるものでしょう。今さらながらという気がしますが、それだけ選挙と買収は関係が深いということなのでしょう。そう言えば、最近も自民党の国会議員が規定で許された額以上の現金を運動員に渡して問題になっていることを思い出しました。
近くの縁石と道路の間の隙間からアメリカオニアザミが自生していました。綺麗に咲いている花と、萎んで茶色になった花と、綿毛になった花が混在していましたので、種子が綿毛と一緒に風に飛ばされてあちこちに移動する仕組みを偶然観察できました。
いい匂いのするクチナシの白い花も咲き始めました。
江戸川堤防のクワの葉のアメリカシロヒトリの幼虫も、巣網を出て分散し始めたようです。