by Alison | Oct 29, 2024 | Stories (English)
Inspiration Words: Yes and Sidewalk “Stop dawdling, Anne,” her mother scolded her as they walked through the aisles of the supermarket. Anne held gently to the side of the grocery cart, keeping close, like her mom preferred. “Can you get some of the chocolate chips...
by Alison | Oct 29, 2024 | Blog, Just Life
The other day, I was hanging out with some friends that I don’t get to see very often. One friend suggested that we play a game where we all write down a few questions and then we take the questions out and go around and everyone has to answer the questions. Someone...
by Alison | Oct 22, 2024 | Stories (Chinese)
译者：厉雪灵感词：墨西哥玉米饼，有志气布莱斯顿坐在自家餐厅的硬木椅上。凌晨两点，晚间最后一波食客刚刚离去。员工刚清理完后厨，他也已经把剩下的酒水放回吧台。他拿起手机查看短信，手指漫不经心地敲打着色彩缤纷的墨西哥风桌布。有条中文短信引起了他的注意，是昨晚十点警局发来的。他把这条短信拷贝到另一个手机应用上，翻译成英文来阅读。我们近期又收到几条关于您餐厅噪音的投诉。请您注意维持邻里和睦。布莱斯顿没有回复，而是把手机放到了条纹桌布上。这才几个客人，怎么就招来这样的投诉呢？他几乎习惯了这类短信，也习惯了那个提醒顾客离开时保持安静的标识。为什么那...
by Alison | Oct 22, 2024 | Stories (English)
Inspiration Words: Tortilla and Aspirational Braxton sat down on the hard chair in the dining room of his restaurant. It was 2 a.m., and the last of the night crowd had just left. The kitchen staff had finished cleaning up, and he had put away the rest of the drinks...
by Alison | Oct 21, 2024 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture, Just Life
I didn’t have any plans for this evening, so after I climbed Baiyun mountain and enjoyed some time thinking and praying and looking at green things, I went to the cafeteria for dumplings. I love the dumpling shop here on campus because you don’t have to choose just...
