As I handed a bag of potatoes, for weighing, to the lady in her fifties behind the counter, she told her coworker in the heaving Wu-Mart that I must have been one of those nice foreigners who kindly adopted an unfortu...As I handed a bag of potatoes, for weighing, to the lady in her fifties behind the counter, she told her coworker in the heaving Wu-Mart that I must have been one of those nice foreigners who kindly adopted an unfortunate Chinese orphan. She spoke in a voice so loud that it must have been her intention to draw as much attention as possible. I was not so sure of the friendliness of her tone.展开更多
Hemingway should never once said you travel with a person you do not love. There was a time when I thought almost anyone would be a fitting travel companion, but maybe my own aging and increasing inflexibility in cert...Hemingway should never once said you travel with a person you do not love. There was a time when I thought almost anyone would be a fitting travel companion, but maybe my own aging and increasing inflexibility in certain matters has made me agree with him.展开更多
Even though I used to swaddle my poor rag doll, Ida, in old kitchen cloths and rename her ＂Jesus＂ every Christmas. my family was never religious and manyChristmas traditions were - and remain - unfamiliar to me. l h...Even though I used to swaddle my poor rag doll, Ida, in old kitchen cloths and rename her ＂Jesus＂ every Christmas. my family was never religious and manyChristmas traditions were - and remain - unfamiliar to me. l have never been to a service o11 Christmas Day, and we have never read about the birth of Jesus before Christmas dinner. In my family, Christmas has always been terribly commercialized, and celebrated for the sole purpose of keeping the children happy and out of each other＇s hair for a couple of ＂blessed＂ days.展开更多
文摘As I handed a bag of potatoes, for weighing, to the lady in her fifties behind the counter, she told her coworker in the heaving Wu-Mart that I must have been one of those nice foreigners who kindly adopted an unfortunate Chinese orphan. She spoke in a voice so loud that it must have been her intention to draw as much attention as possible. I was not so sure of the friendliness of her tone.
文摘Hemingway should never once said you travel with a person you do not love. There was a time when I thought almost anyone would be a fitting travel companion, but maybe my own aging and increasing inflexibility in certain matters has made me agree with him.
文摘Even though I used to swaddle my poor rag doll, Ida, in old kitchen cloths and rename her ＂Jesus＂ every Christmas. my family was never religious and manyChristmas traditions were - and remain - unfamiliar to me. l have never been to a service o11 Christmas Day, and we have never read about the birth of Jesus before Christmas dinner. In my family, Christmas has always been terribly commercialized, and celebrated for the sole purpose of keeping the children happy and out of each other＇s hair for a couple of ＂blessed＂ days.
