Stuff that has Inspired me in the Week of Boston Marathon 2013

I love the picture Brad painted of watching Marathon. Now I'm looking forward to next year. I know it's going to be stronger and greater.

Someone has started this initiative on Facebook to honor those who are effected by the explosions. Anyone who is interested is encouraged to decorate a pair of shoes and place them on the edge of the sidewalk (right side of the road), facing the direction toward the finish line. I saw this installation at Coolidge Corner.

on 2013.04.20, around 3pm

On 2013.04.19, around noon
Feel like a ghost town.
Only 4 stores were open: Paris Crepes, Michaels' Deli, a Sushi place, and a 7-11 store.

[Read the comments, too.]
1. She was the joy of our lives.
2. While her dream has not been realized, we want to encourage others who have Lingzi’s ambition and dreams, and want to make the world a better place, to continue moving forward.
3. We are also humbled by the compassion, caring and love we have received from people all over the world.

1. Seven members of BU trustee committee had committed $560,000 to the fund
2. By honoring LU, the scholarship also recognizes BU’s profound connection to the people of China, which is sending a growing number of students—this year there are 2,065—to the University.
3. BU has another strong connection, Feld says—among many other ties, the U.S. ambassador to China, Gary F. Locke (LAW’75), is an alumnus.

1. I especially like a line from the comment, " to be scared is to stop living."
2. The race will only be marred if its organizers -- and Boston’s police and civic leaders -- allow themselves to let this event alter the way they stage the race. Next year’s Boston Marathon can be a triumph.
3. merely carrying out daily responsibilities, and refusing to yield to panic, becomes a triumph all its own.

56 of the 57 photos, black and white, except the last one.

1.This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence.
2. But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation.

In the wake of the Boston Marathon explosions, a testament to human kindness.

First responders, volunteers, blood givers, and tech developers.