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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.
His Chinese is much better than ABC since he was born in China and finished 2nd grade there before we moved here.we talked about "拔苗助長“：）so funny!