浴中奇思:人经过高的树时会有一种震怵。尤其是那种过百年、屹立不倒,枝叶繁茂的巨树。也试图扪心自问我因为什么而在精神上无法克制地对这些沉默的巨物躬身低头,答案好像是:时间。任何在时间中长存下来的东西都是值得敬畏的。假如它是记忆,那么记忆将是浓烈、刻骨铭心,假如它是一件物品或活物,那么它势必受到了命运的眷顾,在无数灭亡的可能性当中偏偏走了存活的那一条路。我喜欢站在高树的下面,抬头仰望,用目光丈量它的尺寸,感受身处它之下那种瞬间转暗的光线和身处空间被占有和填满的隐然阴霾之感。人类的文明或许是从这些巨树当中获得了灵感——毕竟,它们最早陪伴起了你我的祖先——而开始建造那些庞大的建筑,并用石块、黏土和几何结构,来使它们近于模拟巨树的生命进程,亟待它们“存活”千年百年。我们仿佛是受到了什么不属于我们自己的力量的洗礼与感召,想要倾其全部追逐赶上这种宏伟的存在。但巨树还是要更胜一筹,它们就立在那里,根系枝桠蔓延,尽情吞噬着这个星球上的空间和养分,又那样自然和谐得浑然一体,时间于它们而言仿佛不是耗损,而是一种允诺,它们既在这片土地中生长,也在时间的洪流中扎根生长了。这即是巨树的美和奇迹,我哪怕是抬头仰望百遍也仍然要赞叹的。
原帖,贴主Mary Miller:
Twenty years ago, I found him in a cardboard box behind the grocery store, barely bigger than my palm. The kids were thrilled - finally, the kitten they'd been begging for. What they didn't know was that I needed him more than they did. My marriage was crumbling, I was drowning in debt, and some nights I'd sit in my car in the garage, wondering if anyone would even notice if I didn't come inside.
But this little furball would cry if I was gone too long. He'd head-butt my chin when tears rolled down my face, purring like a tiny motor until I had to smile. Through the divorce, through the kids' teenage years, through every single "Mom, you're embarrassing" and slammed door - he was there.
Now the kids have their own lives, their own cities, their own cats. They call on holidays, visit when they can. "How's the cat?" they'll ask, like he's just a pet. They don't understand that he's my shadow, my coworker, my dinner companion. When I'm folding laundry, he supervises every towel. When I'm packaging orders for my Tedooo app shop at 2 AM because I can't sleep, he quality-checks every box. When I cook dinner for one, he sits on his special chair, judging my seasoning choices.
Today I went overboard - salmon pâté, new toys, even a ridiculous birthday hat he immediately knocked off. Posted it on Facebook and got the comments I expected: "Must be nice to spoil a cat like that," "Crazy cat lady alert," "Don't you have grandkids to spend money on?"
They don't get it. For twenty years, through every loss and every small victory, he's been the only constant. When I finally started selling my crafts on Tedooo app and made my first sale, he was the one I celebrated with. When the doctor called with scary test results, he was who I held all night.
So yes, I throw birthday parties for my cat. Because unlike everyone else who left, he stayed.
【BTW我不觉得ai可以写出这样的经历】
看了几段《广东新语》神书,屈大均是个神人,拿来解闷是极好的。片段如下:
1.荔枝(吃多)会伤人,但喝点蜂蜜水能解。天啊!这不就是荔枝病补糖么。
2.广州城也有牡丹卖,开花很好看,但第二年就不开花了。我心说,因为广州不够冷花芽不能春化,搬去下雪的韶关过冬就能解。
3.东莞的洋面(和对面南沙)经常会出现蜃楼(现在也有人拍到),(东莞)靖康盐场有海市,他还认为海市和蜃楼不是一种东西,海市是各种海洋灵物如鲛人螺女交易的集市,我?!好有道理的样子,你说服了我。
4.他认为物候和二十四节气不适用于广东,是的呀!现在这帮无脑推二十四节气的脑残还没你有见识。
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嗷嗷嗷,这回应该是没有吃到奇怪的东西了:L.A.公共图书馆在展出一只叫Room 8的猫在六十年代在Elysian Heights小学的生活,摄影师Richard Hewett。
据说摄影师当年拍了297张照片,我看了七八张眼睛就直了,为站长计只发一张这里。
更多照片请移步:https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/search/searchterm/Room%208%20(Cat)%2C--1947-1968./field/subjec/mode/exact/conn/and