山の日没 －－ Mountain Sunset

クリングマンス・ドームから帰る間に凄く奇麗な日没を見た。あんまり良くない写真を写せたけど、その日没の美しさを全然攻略できなかったと思います。その時にいって見てよかった。

On the way back from Clingman's Dome, we saw a very beautiful sunset. Although I was able to take some pictures that weren't all that bad, I don't think I was able to capture the beauty of that sunset. I'm glad I was able to be there and see it.

Clingman's Dome －－ クリングマンス・ドーム

春学期のパーティ －－ Spring Semester Party

やや目を閉めてるジェームズ君
James with his eyes partially closed


写真忍者に用心！
Beware the picture ninja!


タメラちゃん
Tamera


カレイグ君とジェームズ君
Craig and James


イアン君とビール
Ian and a beer


皆と軽食
Everyone and the snacks


イアン君とタメラちゃん
Ian and Tamera


俺とコンピュータ
Me and the computer

I Don't Mind

I don't mind,
The way things are today,
For our future is bright,
In that we're only partway.
& I don't mind,
Where I have come to be.
I'd do it all over again,
Living life abundantly,
Moment by moment, hand in hand.
& I don't mind,
The distance we've come to find.
I'd come running,
Setting everything in rewind,
With arms open wide,
Reconnecting two kinds in kind.
& I don't mind,
To do it all in disguise,
Waiting for you to again,
Catch me by surprise.

｢すぐ翻訳します。｣

Fluttering on the Wind

Fluttering on the wind
Came a rare butterfly
One might only find once
So beautiful artists would cry

More brilliant than the sun
Like a dancer, color fluttered
And in lack of talent
Tears of artists would shutter

Aware it would fly away
Myself made benign of disturbance
Thinking surely it would stay
If kindness was found in abundance

In the moment it was there
I realized a life not wasted
Could be filled overflowing
With no other memories encrusted

With an absence equally profound
It continued its wayward trajection
As it fluttered away
Despite all my affection

And now its image sustained
Reviewed again and again
And my thoughts will remain
Fluttering on the wind

「すぐ翻訳します。」

窓とドア -- Windows and Doors

It is said that when God closes a door, He opens a window. But what should you do if a window does not open?

A door has been closed in my life, but when I look around, I don't see any open windows or doors. I have waited for one to open, but they all remain closed. I have even tried to force some of the windows open, but although some of them seemed like they might move, they are all in the end securely locked.

I have come to think that maybe the door was only temporarily closed. However, when I look at it, the door seems very fragile, and I think it will break if I try to open it from my side. However, when I knock, it seems that there is no reply from the other side, and I don't know what God is trying to tell me.



「神様がドアを閉めると、窓を開ける」と言います。でも、窓を開けないとどうするのでしょうか？

私の生命には、ドアが閉められたんですが、見回したら開けている窓かドアを見つかれなかった。開けるのを待っていたが、閉めているままであった。強いて幾らかのを開けるようにして、動いたそうだったのに、最後的に手堅くて錠が下りているままであった。

一時ドアを閉めたかもしれないと思ってきた。しかしそのドアを見ると、脆そうで私の側から開けるようにしたら、壊します。そしてノックすると向かいから返事があらないそうです。私に神様が知らせているようにすることが分かりません。

Image not by me
私の写真ではない