【熱夏生活隨筆】Let Winter be Summer

Chicago 

 

It was a January day of all days. I had the audacity to invite my new date to a winter walk on Chicago’s Lakefront of all places. That would impress her, I believed, if she knew how much I was eager to take on the notorious winter of her hometown --- for her and for her only.  She would give a serious guy a serious chance. 
 

Indeed, she was impressed, although a hint of doubt did make her brows knit for a few seconds: “Are you sure about that?” I nodded, smiling --- or rather, grinning.

 
In summer, it’s easy enough to cover the walking distance between Grant Park and the Navy Pier in a breeze.  On that snowy winter day, however, the temperature was free-falling.  I wasn’t sure I had bundled myself up against the biting cold.

 
No surrender to Chicago or North Pole.

 
Suddenly, my new date waved her hands.  A rolling Navy Pier trolley stopped for us. 

 
Snow drifted by when she pointed me to all the landmarks on our trolley trip around  the Windy City's Loop. I had never been so quiet, listening to a caressing voice. 

I'm still listening to that caressing voice, my wife’s voice.


Author: renqiulan

 

Hong Kong 

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• 戀愛中的人，每一刻都是熱夏！ -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 16:19:57

• 謝謝貓姐！體溫不可低，情愛亦然吧。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 17:10:12

• 秋蘭的體溫一定不低。嘻嘻：） -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:14:44

• 水兒調皮！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:41:15

• 調皮的水兒。 -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:55:03

• Sweet memory! 貓姐的總結到位 -邵豐慧- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 17:22:04

• 謝謝邵君！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 19:10:50

• 同感。 -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:15:15

• Sweet. -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:55:39

• 貓姐對。 -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:13:41

• +100 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:41:58

• +100 -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:56:14

• ‘’戀愛中的人，每一刻都是熱夏！‘’對。 -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:54:20

• 雪冬裏的愛人，心頭也是暖洋洋地！ -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 16:22:38

• 那個冬日真是寒刺入骨的。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 17:11:13

• “風城”吹雪嘛！ -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:17:24

• 水兒有文彩。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:42:45

• 是呀！ -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:57:36

• 芝加哥嘛！ -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:57:05

• ‘’雪冬裏的愛人，心頭也是暖洋洋地！‘’ 同意貓姐。 -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:16:37

• 謝謝水兒！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:43:15

• 真甜啊。：） -塵凡無憂- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 16:22:39

• 謝謝無憂姐！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 17:11:46

• 無憂姐說的好。 -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:19:39

• +100 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:43:44

• 對。真甜。 -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:58:13

• 和愛人在一起，嚴寒如暖夏呀！ -花似鹿蔥- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 16:27:01

• 難得的是他倆已婚幾年，兒子三了，還在“熱戀”中！永遠愛不夠啊！ -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 16:32:23

• Endless love 無盡的愛。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 17:14:47

• 愛的無盡。 -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:22:03

• 謝謝水兒！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:44:19

• 愛不盡，不盡愛。 -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:00:21

• 難得。 -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:21:28

• 再謝水兒！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:45:14

• 謝謝花姐！確是暖心的。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 17:13:43

• 同樣，與愛人同在，炎夏有清涼。 -花似鹿蔥- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 18:05:50

• "Cool" is a slang term meaning "very good." -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 19:33:08

• You are so cool. -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:23:29

• …… -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 19:46:20

• 夏炎也夏涼。 -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:22:52

• 當然啦。 -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:00:55

• 與花姐同感。 -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:20:45

• +100 -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:01:27

• ‘’和愛人在一起，嚴寒如暖夏呀！‘’100％ 同意。 -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:59:11

• 七年之癢：） -王武- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 18:15:38

• I have an everlasting itch for my wife's love. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 19:15:16

• 此處的癢，意思不同哈：） -王武- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:12:37

• Like Marilyn Monroe's "The Seven-Year Itcn"? -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:27:49

• This film is really an American classic. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:47:26

• Yes, it is. -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:06:10

• 不是這意思，是什麽意思呢？ -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:02:49

• 一般的意思是婚姻到第七年的時候會出問題，就是這癢的意思：） -王武- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 22:40:49

• That's why水兒mentioned Marilyn Monroe's The Seven-year Itch. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/03/2023 postreply 06:22:07

• "I have an everlasting itch for my wife's love." Enviable. -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:24:24

• Thank you! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:48:06

• +100 -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:03:32

• caressing voice, 我們很少寫（用）， 會是啥感覺， 讓bitting冬天不再冷。 -AP33912- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 19:14:00

• 菜英文說：缺電時，以愛發電！哈哈哈。。。。。。。。。。。。。 -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 19:17:48

• Haha! Just don't get electrocuted. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 19:27:29

• It sounds scary. Haha! -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:29:49

• I was just kidding. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:49:06

• Of course, you're kidding. -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:07:37

• What a shock! -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:07:04

• 摩擦生電：） -王武- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 23:38:28

• It sounds a bit E-R-O-T-I-C. Haha! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/03/2023 postreply 07:16:52

• 物理定律啊：） -王武- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/03/2023 postreply 19:04:37

• Thank you, AP! A caressing voice is rare but existent. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 19:20:13

• AP, you mean biting, right? He shivered in the biting cold. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 19:25:09

• right, 一次冬天到風城從Sears Tower 出來，那biting cold 印象深刻。 -AP33912- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 19:41:00

• Chicago is cold enough for me. It's also hot enough for me. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:09:54

• Chicago's climate is typically continental. -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:39:11

• True. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:50:10

• Right, continental climate. -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:10:16

• Chicago is good enough for you. -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:09:36

• It makes sense to use the word "biting." -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:36:14

• Absolutely. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:50:47

• +100 -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:10:44

• I like "a caressing voice." -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:08:34

• It feels like a silky voice. -shuier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:28:50

• A caressing voice can be a silky voice. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:51:27

• True. -寒葦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:11:13

• nice， 絲滑或絲柔的聲音。 -AP33912- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/03/2023 postreply 05:30:00

• 秋蘭為了愛情拚了！芝加哥是旅遊的好地方 -顫音- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 20:53:44

• 謝謝顫音！芝加哥是個“好逑”的地方。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/02/2023 postreply 21:14:27