相隔一段时间重温以前看过的电影，有时候会有完全不同的印象。
电影当然不可能改变，于是就会发现，原来是自己改变了。…
Sunday, December 31, 2017
只有纯粹的空白
也许我的人生也一样。一部电影中包括了所有的滑稽、悲剧和喜剧，反映了我的人生，但如果想要用一张照片呈现，就只剩下一片白色的银幕。记录我人生的影片超越了喜怒哀乐，成为一部白色的电影。没有其他东西，只有纯粹的空白。…
Saturday, December 30, 2017
形成一个必然
生存、哭泣、叫喊、恋爱、愚蠢的事、悲伤的事、开心的事、可怕的事、可笑的事。
凄美的歌曲，令人感动落泪的情景，反胃、唱歌的人，空中飞行的飞机，奔腾的骏马，逝去的时代，令人食指大动的松饼，漆黑的宇宙，开枪的牛仔。…
对未来产生后悔
来不及看的电影、来不及吃的料理、来不及听的音乐、来不及看的风景。
从这个角度思考，在临死的时候，脑海中浮现的是对原本应有的未来所产生的后悔，对未来产生后悔这句话或许有点奇怪，但仍然会忍不住想象如果自己可以活下去的情况。更奇妙的是，所想象的每一件事都像正准备消除的电影一样，都是“可有可无的东西”。…
完全是两回事
“知道一条路，和实际走在那条路上是两回事。”
这是《黑客任务》中的某句台词。
有什么东西从这个世界消失这件事，和因此产生的现实完全是两回事，无法用数值表现的欠缺更胜于失去那样东西所产生的直接影响。…
Thursday, December 21, 2017
A Fox
A fox. A real live red fox, tiny, with a small patch of darker fur just above its left front leg. Like a beauty spot.
Its eyes are so kind I just about to burst. That same look in another human's eyes, and my soul would be theirs for sure.…
A Laurentian Forest
Sometimes my mom invites her friends over for super.
Lenny, Marthe, Anita, Gerard, Ruth.
I lie on the the living-room floor doing my homework. With one ear, I hear their voices in the kitchen, with the other, I hear my mom's music coming…
A Taste of Eternity
Spring arrives and so do the flower planters on our balcony.
Barely two months of school left. A taste of eternity.
My mom stops smoking again.
Sometimes the weather's so nice I walk home from school.
I'm all flushed…
Overstayed Its Welcome
Today it's too cold for crinolines. Winter has overstayed its welcome like some rude houseguest.
Waiting for the bus on sherbrooke today is like waiting to die.
Or what I imagine it would be like.
Jane, the fox and me, P15
by Fanny…
Saturday, December 16, 2017
送礼物的意义
我很焦急，很想立刻把正确答案告诉她。我缓缓地原地踏步，抬头仰望电影院。
这时，我发现一件事。这和我在学生时代等待她的电话时的心情一样，无法把心意和想法马上传达给对方的焦急时光，正是思念对方的时光。就像古人写信给对方，迫不及待地等待对方回信一样。如同送礼物的意义并不在于礼物本身，而是在挑选礼物时，想象对方喜悦表情的瞬间样，那才是送礼的意义所在。…
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Sunday, December 3, 2017
我在自己身上看到了人类龌龊的本性
照理说，我已经接受了不久于人世的命运，但想到有可能多活几天，无论是多么荒唐的交易，仍然抱着一线希望。我原本告诉自己，死的时候干脆一点，心平气和，安详地死去。我做好了这样的打算，也认为自己可以做到。但是，死到临头时，我就想要抓住救命稻草（魔鬼）。我在自己身上看到了人类龌龊的本性。…
Saturday, December 2, 2017
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右边数第二条
“对了。我还想问你呢，你做了七条寿司，为什么要切从右边数第二条呢？”
“我做的那七条里，醋的多少和青花鱼的腌制程度都各有不同，从右边数第二条是最好吃的。人啊，无论怎么解释这是过去的味道，只要不好吃，就不会满足。正因为好吃才会觉得，啊，和那时的味道一样。”…
Sunday, November 5, 2017
Saturday, November 4, 2017
水是不会变的
“两个都是普通的水，但Ａ更好喝，口感更圆润。”洼山举起贴有Ａ标签的杯子。
“Ａ是桝方商店街附近的豆腐店使用的井水，Ｂ是秀山先生的故乡御影的造酒商使用的宫水。秀先生，看来你已经习惯了京都的水。人们不是常说水土不服吗，不适应水土可不行，因为水是不会变的，做菜也要考虑到水的味道。等你到了高崎，也必须适应那里的水。”流语气干脆。…
Sunday, October 22, 2017
声音记忆
检查结果发现，并不是感冒。
脑肿瘤，第四期。
这是医生告诉我的诊断结果。我最多只能活半年，但是没人能够保证一个星期后，我还能够活在世上。虽然医生提议我可以接受放射线治疗、抗癌剂治疗、进安宁病房等各种选择，但是我完全听不进去。…
Saturday, October 21, 2017
A Plastic Baby Jesus
Rosca de Reyes
(three Kings men ring cake)
Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day), on 6 January, marks the arrival of the 'Three Wise Men' bearing gifts for baby Jesus. Rosca de Reyes is a crown shaped sweet bread decorated with jewel like…
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Day of the Dead Bread
Pan de Muertos
(Day of the Dead bread)
2 November is the Day of the Dead. Souls of the departed return to join their families and friends in the land of the living. It is a joyous time, without tears which can make the return pathway slippery.…
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Spicy Leg of Lamb
Pierna de borrego con especias
spicy leg of lamb
This traditional dish is known as 'Barbacoa'-barbecue Mexican style. It is traditionally cooked in a pit in the ground half a metre deep. The lamb is wrapped in banana leaves, covered in…
Little Fat Ones
Gorditas
'Gorditas' translates to literally mean 'little fat ones'. Traditionally made with lard, they are an indulgent to be enjoyed in moderation.
my abuela's table, P49
Daniella Germain
ISBN 978-1-742-70174-5
…
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Mole
Mole
Mole is a common offering to dead loved ones during Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) on 2 November. Mole has a complex and special flavor.
my abuela's table, P25
Daniella Germain
ISBN 978-1-742-70174-5
…
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Sunday, September 24, 2017
He wasn't Handsome at All
Ostra felt she had snapped like a willow stem. She turned from the village and lay on the clifftop on the warm breast of the earth,
weeping, weeping. The day waned and the sky changed colour and still she wept. There Wolvas found her and pulled…
The Big Silence of the Stars
Weaving pots was a winter job. In spring and summer willow stems loose their bendiness and become snappy and brittle. So, on winter evenings, after it was dark and her father was back from the sea, Ostra walked up the cliff to the marshy willow…
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Doing and Un-doing and Doing Again
I realised, though I was on Earth, I had been living this past year as I had always lived. I was just thinking I could carry on, moving forward. But I was not me any more. I was a human, give or take. And humans are about change. This is how…
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Advice for a Human
Advice for a human
1. ... ...
2. Don't worry about your abilities. You have the ability to love. That is enough.
3. Be nice to other people. At the universal level, they are you.
... ...
7. Irony is fine, but not as…
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Penguin
Ben ignored Penguin.
Penguin ignored Ben.
So Ben fired Penguin into outer space ...
Penguin came back to Earth without a word.
Penguin
Polly Dunbar
ISBN 978-1-4063-7331-8
…
Sunday, September 3, 2017
True Love Had Its Name for A Reason
I briefly toyed with the idea that I should try to convince her that nothing I had told her was true. That we were more magical realism than science fiction, specifically that branch of literary fiction that comes complete with an unreliable…
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Molecules Within The Beast
He sighed and shook his head. "No, I do not think that," he said, in a voice which was mine but deeper, somehow, and flatter. "I do not see a separation. I have lived with a human for only a few days, but I have seen violence and hypocrisy…
Sunday, August 20, 2017
A Hard Thing to Get It Right
She had stuff to give, but it was ungiven; it was locked away.
And I felt an incredible excitement at being able to witness the love reemerge inside her, because it was a total, prime-of-life love. The kind that could only be possible…
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Tug of War
Skittles and Neil raced around the classroom. They knocked over paints and scattered the books.
Skittles grabbed Miss Wing's green hat. Then Neil grabbed the other side.
Miss Wing shouted at the birds but they didn't listen, they…
Not So Easy
Polly looked at Ronita. Ronita looked at Polly.
It's not so easy to make friends just like that. They didn't talk to each other for a little while.
"I hve dungarees," said Ronita finally.
"Oh," said Polly. "I have a bird. At…
Shoes are Expensive
The walked along the harbour wall, but Polly didn't jump up on it as she usually did. Instead, she dragged the toes of her shoes on the cobbles.
"I also think," said Polly, "you should not have another baby while I am at school."
"OK,…
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Heaven is a Place where Nothing Ever Happens
Heaven is a Place where Nothing Ever Happens
I was back at home, on Vonnadoria, and it was exactly how it had always been. And I was exactly how I had always been, among them, the hosts, feeling no pain and no fear.
Our beautiful,…
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Flying Lemurs
Don't worry. You don't have to jump. There are lots of other things you're good at.
You're really good at having the fluffiest ever tail ...
You're brilliant at playing the tambourine ...
And you're fantastic at throwing custard…
Sunday, August 6, 2017
Once It Started to Slip It Gained Mass
... ... . Human life, I realised, got progressively worse as you got older, by the sound of things. You arrived, with baby feet and hands and infinite happiness, and then the happiness slowly evaporated as your feet and hands grew bigger. And…
Sunday, July 30, 2017
The pleasure of Counting without Realising You were Counting
This primitivism struck me as funny. And so was the idea that the music had anything whatsoever to do with those dead planets. But it seemed to soothe Newton a little bit, and I must admit one or two parts of it had some kind of effect on me,…
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Because of It
There are other questions, too, that humans have in bookstores. Such as, as it one of those books they read to feel clever, or one of those they will pretend never to have read in order to stay looking clever? Will it make them laugh, or…
Sunday, July 23, 2017
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