Drying Records

Records can actually be washed in the sink or tub with soap and scrubbed gently in the direction of the grooves, then towel-dried (though this bit sounds dangerous, what if the little soft worms of the towel cause scratches?) and perhaps hung to dry, if anyone finds a way to.

to friday the 13th, a fizzy day

Empty Park,

for Christy the Salem witch.

a red fire-lantern carrying a wish floats up into the cloudy night sky!

Here's what my cousin told me. Her father was lecturing her, her younger brother and sister on their bad mandarin and telling them to speak more mandarin because that is our culture. She says his metaphors confuse them terribly.

Father: 我们华人像狗，洋人像猫。我们不应该像猫meow meow.
Younger brother: Then 鸟 leh?
Father: 我们是雨，不应该学鸟飞。
Younger sister: 可是雨不可以飞。

Younger sister doing homework: Papa, 怎么说 ‘Eraser to the rescue’?
Father: Mmm…橡皮英雄来了。。。可是你说，‘我有橡皮’就可以了。

a time of innocence, a time of confidences

"Silly Billy, Lemon Squeezey"