Seven years ago today -- it was a warm May day -- a little cloudy and a few raindrops in the morning but the sun came out later and shone through the church's stained glass....

終於今天可以盡情地把家裹所有的窗都開了, 把屈了整個冬天的悶氣通通送走. 今天天氣雖然時陰時睛, 偶爾還會有雷聲(真的好奇怪), 但氣温有七十度啊! 真的急不及待去買泥土, 買花種在後園. 門...

這一堆看上去再普通不過的明信片, 在市場上可算是一文不值. 但對我來說, 它們是無價寶.  都已經不記得是從何時開始, 蝦子餅跟我有了這個習慣. 無論我們到那裡旅行/工幹, 即使是我們一起...

今天下班經過花檔, 突然有個衝動想買束花放在家中點綴一下. 結果就選了這束迷人 pink tulips.   既然是 impulse buy "衝動購買", 當然是沒有準備. 回家後才發覺找不到合...

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., a civil rights leader in the 50s and 60s.  Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of his assassination.  Several decades later, much progr...

A great read --  very complicated emotions expressed in simple language.  Friendship, family, regrets, love, war, violence, cowardness, secrects, brotherhood, m...

Washington D.C. -- probably the best place to appreciate Cherry Blossoms in the U.S.  Not the first time in D.C., but it is the first time here to savor ...

It is a slang to describe someone or something that is annoying.  For example, your boss wants you to check the report data the fourth time, he/she is a pain in t...

Finally, we visited the Christmas tree at its brightest and prettiest.  It was really beautiful.  The tree is a Norway Spruce from Connecticut; approximately...

Today, during my lunch break, I walked a few blocks to Rockefeller Center to view the "Tree of the City".  Every year, usually the week after Thanksgiving, Rockef...