By Alex Blackwell
Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops… at all. – Emily Dickinson
Onahama, Tuscaloosa and Joplin are towns we now speak about with heavy hearts. When the year started, the people who live in these small towns probably couldn’t imagine the destruction heading their way. Either could we.
These towns are no longer nondescript places on a map. These towns have become places that are anchoring our souls together.
The people of Japan now know about the small towns in the United States named Piedmont, Reading, Tuscaloosa and Joplin. Americans now know about the village on Japan’s northeast coast.
The world now knows about all of these small towns. And the world knows each one... More...
