“哈罗，我是乔治·奇格太太叫玛戈，收购旧家具画像银器。”

      玛戈，大摇大摆的大个金发女，身穿印花丝绸裙，脚踏镂空高跟鞋。声音亲切，略带沙哑。我，好奇的十岁小姑娘，细瘦苍白，蓝色亚麻裙子，上衣胸前滚着刺绣褶子（玛戈对高级衣服有一种持久狂热的信仰，不知道为什么）。

      有时候，玛戈会说：“简，我得去研究研究我那些“书”了。你要不要出去散散步什么的？”

      于是我就踩着没有路砖的人行道，沿着昏昏欲睡的林荫路往下走，经过许多房子，每一栋都欲迎还拒而意味深长，像一本本等待阅读的书，我会试着想象它们里面发生了什么。家。他们的日子。

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困了，明儿还上课。睡了先~~~~~

     “陷入爱情”的必要前提是什么？可能没人注意吧。我的意思是说，大家对某个人、某个房子、或某个地方一见钟情时，通常不会留意电光火石之前是什么心情或场景。对我而言，我记得那个阴沉的波士顿的下午，就是爱的前提条件。后来又有一次，我发现工作烦心也是重要的前提条件。还有一次是害怕变老。这是后话。

     在她选中的这个小镇里，我妈玛戈（她自己取的这个名字，正式的名字是玛格丽特）在一条可爱的街道上租了一栋小房子。房子门廊宽敞，带纱窗，便于她陈放各种古董，门前的院子里安一块招牌：“玛戈古董”。店只在下午开门。每天早上和星期天全天，她都要出去采购，开着我们那辆骨灰级大别克在乡下四处转悠，转战于商铺农场牲口棚，搜刮战利品。（她绝对是事业型的，那个地方以前谁也没想过做古董生意）。

     尽管经常被她的汹汹气势搞得很尴尬——她从来不觉得跑进别人家里，对人家正用得好好的家具张口要价有什么大不了——开头几个星期我还是经常和她一起开车出去的。风景新鲜，我觉得兴奋。红土的河岸延伸到一片茂密的松树丛，溪流宽而蜿蜒，带着点泥土的棕色，半藏半掩地奔流于花枝纠缠的藤蔓之下。憔悴细窄的房屋从除了树荫以外空无一物的场院里耸耸地站出来。鸡群四散逃跑，光着脚的小孩好奇地瞪着眼睛，注视着我们的到来。

Screw the elderly, I'm keeping my bus seat

http://www.danwei.org/front_page_of_the_day/chinese_good_traditions.php

The "never give up your seat group" turns out to be a online discussion group registered on Douban, a SNS website. The group, which shared a belief that it's unfair for the young to give away their seats to the old, has launched a campaign calling for more people to join the movement to "never give up your seat." Complaints and reasoning that can be found on their pages include:

• Some of the old people, despite their advanced age, are actually stronger and healthier than younger people;
• Some old people take the privilege for granted and have no gratitude to seat-givers;
• Young people are shouldering the burden of the entire society, and deserve a few minutes' rest during their commutes.

They also have a manifesto for their cause:

Please give me a reason why should I give up my seat.

When you saw grannies and granddaddies full of energy lining up to wait for the Olympic bank notes (many of those who waited overnight were grannies and granddaddies) adopt an old and weak appearance once they got on a bus, taking for granted whatever they think they deserve simply because they are old, how did you feel? As a matter of course, in this vast country, every time people queue for something, ranging from a supermarket selling extra-cheap eggs to the a discount at a department store which, old people are always the in the majority in the queues. Based on this fact, we believe that standing in a bus for few minutes is not such a big deal.

We know that many younger people are unwilling to give up their seats, but finally they relent because of a sense of guilt if they do not, especially with all those other grannies and granddaddies around you.

We must fight the unscientific and unfounded theory that the old should always take the seats. Every time you contest the idea, you contribute a bit to the final destruction of the absurd theory.

http://www.douban.com/event/10177492/?from=mb-64478392

http://www.douban.com/group/120531/