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2015年12月6日

吃吃吃 -- 幸福的小孩


 感恩節過後胃口很好,加上夾克熊出差,剛剛好是清冰箱的好時機。平常夾克熊出差的話,晚餐我都是湯湯麵麵隨便弄來吃。反正這兩個星期除了工作以外,在家也沒有特別的事情(採柿子?) 。清冰箱的結果一個連一個,加上食慾好,結就就接連弄了很多平常少做的菜。


柿子紅了:今年累計收穫550顆。樹上還有...


從頭說來就是感恩節前做包沒吃完的酸菜。那半顆酸菜我本來想弄酸菜排骨湯,家裡旁邊的超市當然是買不到排骨,不過很慶幸的看到五花肉,酸菜排骨馬上變成酸菜白肉白菜冬粉湯。不過五花肉買來一大塊,酸菜清掉了卻多了五小塊五花肉。另外很久以前想試的蘿蔔糕食譜到現在還沒做,順手在超市買了一條大蘿蔔。大部分拿去做蘿蔔糕,剩下的跟五花肉又變成蘿蔔湯。蘿蔔湯其實喝湯吃蘿蔔就好了,湯裡面的五花肉燙好拿起來,加上這高麗菜跟乾香菇 (紅蘿蔔忘了買),變成一鍋炒米粉。另外,冷凍庫阿姨帶來的半塊烏魚子,很可憐大材小用變成這個星期午餐的烏魚子炒飯便當。反正熊不在家,有閒時間就在廚房多晃。週末全部煮好,下個星期的午餐晚餐都弄好了。最後結論是清掉了半顆酸菜,烏魚子還有幾顆貢丸和冬粉,冷凍庫卻多了四小塊五花肉。清冰箱其實只是藉口,根本就是花了很多時間東煮西煮煮愛吃的東西。一直吃吃吃,不是很幸福?

2015年12月4日

Welcome The Stranger By Avi Rose

昨天在收音機上聽到這一段話,寫得真好。什麼時候後有時間應該翻譯一下。
我是幸福的小孩

Welcome The Stranger
By Avi Rose
2015.12.03
原文在這 http://www.kqed.org/a/perspectives/R201512030643


Welcome The Stranger 
Avi Rose says the Syrian refugee crisis is a call to understand who the refugees are and act in the best of faith traditions.
Over the past 10 years of working to resettle refugees fleeing persecution due to their religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation, I've learned a few things.

First, it is very hard to leave everyone and everything you know to start your life over in a new country. No one does this lightly. Refugees leave their homes because they are fleeing for their lives. 

Second, if you are a person with bad intent wanting to enter the United States, the last thing you'd do is come as a refugee. Refugees are repeatedly screened, interviewed and vetted in at least a dozen different ways, often for a period of two years, before being permitted entry into the country. The bad guys do not come here through the refugee program.

Third, most religions and cultures instruct us to welcome the stranger. In my own Jewish tradition, the Torah tells me 36 times and reminds me that I, too, was once a stranger in a strange land. Here's what it doesn't say, "Welcome the stranger, but only if she looks like you." It doesn't say, "Welcome the stranger, but only if he worships like you." It doesn't even say, "Welcome the stranger, but only if she doesn't make you uncomfortable." It simply says, "Welcome the stranger," with no asterisk or footnote. 

In the wake of the recent attacks in Beirut, Paris and elsewhere, people are understandably frightened. But now is the time for us to act on the best of our values, not the worst of our fears. We can volunteer our time. We can donate our money. We can collect household goods for new Americans who arrive with next to nothing. We can open our hearts and homes, fostering an atmosphere of welcome and support. We can stand up for sensible and compassionate public policies. This is a defining moment for us as individuals and as a country. Let's take it as an opportunity to be our best selves. 

Let's welcome the stranger.

With a Perspective, this is Avi Rose.

Avi Rose is the Executive Director of Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay.

By Avi Rose