On Mar 27, 9:41 pm, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msdREMOVETHIS.biglobe.ne.jp>
wrote:
>
> They gave me the opportunity to voice observations about the event, however
> tenuous my connection to it; I obliged since I wanted to be one of the tiny
> voices of relative calm in the maelstrom of people screeching about the End
> Times.
>
After the Kobe quake I wrote a piece for my hometown rag. My
grandmother was somewhat perturbed that I wrote about drinking beer on
a hill overlooking the city watching the city burn. Her displeasure
had little to do with the fire; as a good Southern Baptist she
couldn't believe I'd public own up to drinking.

John W.