tsunami

Amanda and Zoë reading one of Ruth's books earlier this year.

Thanks *so* much for the Blatherchat and Livejournal support in response to yesterday's Blathering, everyone. I was feeling somewhat freaked about the incident; reading your posts helped.

Makes me more determined to take a self-defense course next year. I had resolved to do so this year, but an elbow sprain and resulting tendinitis setback early on nixed that idea.

By the way, I've resolved not to make any New Year's Resolutions this year except for the resolution not to make resolutions. I also know I still owe some of you Special Prizes for posting resolutions last year; you will get them eventually, I promise. And no, that's not an official resolution. :-)

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I've been following the coverage of the tsunami disaster. 116,000 dead so far. The number is beyond comprehension for me. Even one death is tragic, forever affecting the lives of the people who cared about that one person...trying to imagine the number of loved ones affected by this tragedy is heartbreaking.

Amanda, Scott, and Zoë went to the Canadian Red Cross yesterday to donate funds to tsunami relief. From Amanda: "We are encouraging everyone we know to do the same. $1, $5, $10. It all adds up!"

For any who wish to help, here's a partial list of organizations posted on the CNN site. Also, Amazon.com currently enables users to donate directly to the American Red Cross to help in the evacuation of survivors and distribution of first aid (thanks to Mary Ellen Wessels for the heads up).

As some of you know, Arthur C. Clarke lives in Sri Lanka, one of the areas affected by the tsunami. The sf author and family are fine; here's a letter he posted yesterday.

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