an
hours walk
Carmen
Sterba
Kamakura, Japan
Richard is a regular on the Zaimokuza Beach. He walks two
neighborhood dogs, Chiro and Korning.
I've known Richard for 8 years, and Chiro for just as long.
Korning has lost the use of his front legs, so Richard adapted a sling for those
legs which he holds while Korning maneuvers with his back legs. Once in a
while, I walk the dogs for Richard when he is in the Philippines where he
oversees the Philippine Self-Help Foundation, or when he is visiting his
family in Britain, Belgium and France.
Chiro is running free, and Korning is resting. Richard sees a
German girl from his sports club, and we stop to say hi. Then he talks to a
pair of local girls. I ask, "Do you know them, too?" He smiles
and laughs softly, "I'm just friendly."
longer days
two seagulls shadow
a red paper kite
