Tuesday, September 9, 2014

十分钟,你我可以拥有彼此的世界 ...

        晚上一回家就手脚并用地忙着做饭。女儿在一旁边问问题边做作业,做完了就爬到酒吧椅上和妈妈闲聊学校里的事情。左一件右一件, 临了一抿嘴笑眯眯地十分满足地说, "Emm, I love to chat with you, Mama!" 妈妈感动死了。“I love to chat with you too, my dear!” 欣慰之余使劲儿回想刚才都聊了些什么,惭愧的是好像什么都想不起来了。天呢,刚才明明是你来我往相谈甚欢的架势啊!看来,这到处当作优点的高效能multi-tasking 真的影响大脑记忆功能,弄不好将来还要得Alzheimer。下次聊天一定要专心。

       晚饭之后全家吃月饼赏月的时候,儿子拿出一本刚从图书馆借的John Muir的书,要和妈妈一起再看一遍。今年夏天跑了两趟优胜美地,在博物馆和影像馆了泡了大半天,儿子和妈妈一起迷上了John Muir,不光是他传奇的经历,对自然的挚爱,对建立国家公园做出的巨大贡献,还有他日记里的文字,干净简单却优美动人。
 
      “In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.” 
      “Going to the mountains is going home.”
      “The sun shines not on us but in us.” 
      “I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” 
 
      和儿子一起读书的感觉真好!

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