by Alison | Feb 26, 2025 | Stories (English)
Inspiration Words: Shimmer and Bonus “Let’s go to KTV! My family is going next week, and they invited us to join them.” Johnson and Anne sat sharing a bowl of Ma La Xiang Guo (mah lah sseeahng gwoh), a dish of meat and vegetables that had been stir fried together....
by Alison | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog, Just Life
Conversations with taxi (or didi in China) drivers are almost always interesting. One guy in my city told me about the interesting things people had him transport—like a cat without anyone accompanying the cat. Someone just dropped it off and someone else picked it up...
by Alison | Feb 20, 2025 | Stories (Chinese)
译者：厉雪...
by Alison | Feb 20, 2025 | Stories (English)
Inspiration Words: Bottle and Disappear Wang Mingge (wahng meeng guh) stared at the piece of chalk in her hand that was poised over the blackboard. She knew her students were watching her, and her heart pounded. How do you spell hierarchy? Is it purely phonetic or is...
by Alison | Feb 11, 2025 | Stories (Chinese)
译者：厉雪灵感词：手，想到刷，刷，他拿着粉红色的扫把机械地往前扫了两下，然后停下脚步，把树叶和其他垃圾扒进宽大的畚箕中，对疾驰而过的汽车和从他身旁绕过的自行车视而不见。扫一扫，扫一扫，扒一扒。扫一扫，扫一扫，扒一扒。这种律动让他的脑子解放出来，手和脚却不停动着。老婆叮嘱他，要当心，留意乱开车的司机，但留心路过的每辆自行车、汽车太费心神了。大多数时候，他都全指望着蓝色制服上贴着的黄色反光条，提醒路人他的存在。他大部分时候什么都不想，但今天却想到了自己的女儿。他在大街上，而女儿正在大学的教室里。女儿六月份毕业，他太骄傲了。他从没跟女儿说过...
