最近看到孫博士流浪美國街頭的故事，很為其感歎和可惜。
我們這裏是加拿大比較暖和的地方，今年冬天還沒有下過雪，草地和往年冬天一樣依舊蔥綠，房門口的紅茶花已經自己決定進入春天開始綻放。
不過因為暖和，這裏，特別是在Downtown，也有不少（homeless）流浪者，而且疫情以來數目一直在慢慢增加。本地的媒介對此有不少討論。不久前我在本地reddit網站裏也參加了一次討論。下麵是我的一個post there, titled "Be kind"
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One warm day this summer, we went cycling on our regular 25km downtown route. We stopped half way and sat on the bench near Vancouver@Rockland for a chocolate break. An ordinary looking and quiet man was sitting on the next bench and we offered him a piece. He hesitated first, then thanked us politely and started telling us that he was there visiting his son, and his story of becoming homeless recently and how he was trying to maintain his dignity through the ordel.
We listened to him but couldn't find many right words to say, other than a nod of sympathy. This gentleman's story told us that life is very complicated and anyone, ourselves included, could run into tough times. A few kind words and even a small piece of chocolate would warm one's heart during those trying periods.
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