一碗思念芝麻小湯圓外加一個漢堡，是兒子的早餐。本要買大的，沒有，就隻好用小的代替。不想卻被袋子上印的廣告詞"小身材，也有料"逗樂了。這隱喻用的，可真夠高的。吃完，我送他去學校。門口樹上的鳥兒唧喳唧喳的叫聲，是春天清靈的歡歌，可這空氣還是冷若寒冰。難怪，21F，車上儀表盤給我了解釋。

收音機裏說的是明州今天要對弗洛伊德案的白人警察重審，兩邊的律師將展開一場獒戰。為此，法院外已加強了警力布署，以應對可能發生的抗議或衝突。又想起昨天看的新聞，說前總統川普回紐約，將住川普大廈，為此紐約警察也加強了大廈周邊的警力布署。

去年三月初新冠來康州，兒子的學校和周邊幾個鎮的學區都在3/5-3/21號間陸續停課，至今差不多剛好一年了。這一年來，變化很多。主要的是疫情對人們生活的影響，還有總統大選在1/20塵埃落定。至今新總統拜登已入主白宮五十幾天，但政治上的不安和躁動卻還在繼續，一聲歎息。說來這些不安離我挺遠，我們學校老師這周將完成疫苗注射。隨著疫苗注射工程的快速進展，康州COVID-19感染人數持續下降，康長宣布在遵守一定的規範下，各行業基本上可恢複正常營業狀態。LA和NYC是全美兩個最大的電影票房市場，上周六紐約市的影院重新開業，據說是一票難求。可見人們多期待回歸正常生活。

十分鍾一個來回，鳥兒迎接我的回來，隻是我的手指凍得發僵，亮鋥鋥的門把手和車鑰匙都成了冷空氣的幫凶。手隻想抱著熱水杯取暖，於是把我的半碗芝麻糊倒進大馬克杯，又兌了些水，放進微波爐裏熱。吃著用剩飯加青菜香腸蛋做成的炒飯，配著熱芝麻湯茶，我的手和心都暖起來了。新的一天又開始了，我的鬱金香三天前就謝了，今天該去買盆新花。。。

Last Saturday we had beltfish, “do you know why Chinese like cooking a whole big fish for their New Year Eve feast?” “ Why?” “because the pronunciation of FISH in Chinese is exactly same as another Chinese word”餘“, you should know this word, it means abundance, having extra,。FISH is a symbol of fortune, the bigger ,the better. “

“I see. I know how to write that word” He said with a smily face.

“The juice is “晶瑩剔透“，after having a big mouth of cranberry juice, he said.

“wow, you surprised me by using this idiom.! How to explain this idiom in English?” I asked, trying to be a language teacher.

“Clear”

“Good, also transparent or crystal”

“Do you still remember these poems?” 春曉， 山行，望廬山瀑布…for me,  these poems I learned 40 years ago are not forgettable. for him, I am not sure, even he learned them 8 years ago.  He did remember, we recited together. It’s nice and fun. If a painter was with us, I will suggest him/her painting for us. Happiness and harmony will be the theme of the painting.

Sunday I had a conversation about the beltfish with my families in China. “it is the first time I saw such fresh and big beltfish. In my memory, there is no such thing of fresh beltfish. “3.99/lbs, the price is much lower than I predicted. They should cost more. “ I said. “

“Reasonable price” said my sister, ” Pre-frozen big beltfish was sold at RMB49.99斤in a supermarket of my neighborhood. “

"I think it a little bit pricy. “ I expressed my comment . “Beltfish is not a popular fish, or even not an edible fish for Americans, most likely it is the reason for the good price. I never saw them in American food markets. I think the bone of beltfish let Americans remove them from their tables. Whole fish is not popular in US. most people buy fish  fillets. I think forks and knives are not functional to have whole fish, at least it's one of the reasons.