2015/12/23

熱熱的冬至

今年(民104年)12月22日冬至台北高溫達30度,創67年記錄
中午下班,從辦公室走回小山坡上的家,沿路拍下幾張照片:

陽光戲樹影

連貓纜也躲起來了


















藍天白雲,小路彎彎















圖片取自網路





2015/10/25

母難日

今年生日那天陪母親去榮總看病,之後到蘇杭吃中餐。不幸深夜上吐下瀉,這天的確是不平凡的一天。















有人說生日是母親受難日(母難日),的確母親於30歲生我,在那個仍是樸素、生活不富裕的四O年代;當然,自己身為人母,也能體會人母所受的"苦"是如何。母親現則又受失智的苦難,僅以Still Alice  電影中女主角在失智協會上的演講來感同身受母親之苦。

Dr. Alice Howland:  Good morning. It's an honor to be here. The poet Elizabeth Bishoponce wrote: 'the Art of Losing isn't hard to master: so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.' I'm not a poet, I am a person living with Early Onset Alzheimer's, and as that person I find myself learning the art of losing every day. Losing my bearings, losing objects, losing sleep, but mostly losing memories...

[she knocks the pages from the podium]


Dr. Alice Howland: I think I'll try to forget that just happened.


[crowd laughs]


Dr. Alice Howland: All my life I've accumulated memories - they've become, in a way, my most precious possessions. The night I met my husband, the first time I held my textbook in my hands. Having children, making friends, traveling the world. Everything I accumulated in life, everything I've worked so hard for - now all that is being ripped away. As you can imagine, or as you know, this is hell. But it gets worse. Who can take us seriously when we are so far from who we once were? Our strange behavior and fumbled sentences change other's perception of us and our perception of ourselves. We become ridiculous, incapable, comic. But this is not who we are, this is our disease. And like any disease it has a cause, it has a progression, and it could have a cure. My greatest wish is that my children, our children - the next generation - do not have to face what I am facing. But for the time being, I'm still alive. I know I'm alive. I have people I love dearly. I have things I want to do with my life. I rail against myself for not being able to remember things - but I still have moments in the day of pure happiness and joy. And please do not think that I am suffering. I am not suffering. I am struggling. Struggling to be part of things, to stay connected to whom I was once. So, 'live in the moment' I tell myself. It's really all I can do, live in the moment. And not beat myself up too much... and not beat myself up too much for mastering the art of losing. One thing I will try to hold onto though is the memory of speaking here today. It will go, I know it will. It may be gone by tomorrow. But it means so much to be talking here, today, like my old ambitious self who was so fascinated by communication. Thank you for this opportunity. It means the world to me. Thank you.
(以上文字來源)

2015/10/10

小黃放風

算起來家中的金絲雀小黃應有九歲了,雖是老鳥活力不如已往,但每天的自由放風時間,或許牠(旁觀者的我們)也能找到一些樂趣吧:

牠混在一堆擺飾小物中是不易找到的

Where is it? 



































2016.03所攝: 很難找到牠喔!





2015/09/04

2015暑假記事

7、8月的暑假轉眼過了,總結以留個回憶吧:

看了不少影片:

一千次晚安、星際效應、北京遇上西雅图、歡迎來到布達佩斯大飯店、模仿遊戲、大英雄天團 (動畫卡通)、歸來(大陸)、進擊的鼓手、年少時代(Boyhood) 及
向市圖借的 歸鄉、到阜陽六百里、林肯。

孩子考過丙級技術士檢定、到動物園及市圖服務學習。換了電腦螢幕、手機…等。回南部看爺爺及奶奶、參觀了中南部三所公立科技大學。

參觀總統文物館軍史館(抗戰勝利紀念特展)、聽抗戰勝利紀念音樂會

踏青:鼻頭角之遊、石門活魚三吃、福德坑復育公園。(太陽廣場的太陽旗已被蘇迪勒颱風吹倒)

還有重遊小時舊居(杭州北路, 審計部附近)。

陳水扁總統受贈品


鼻頭角海岸(多植林投樹螫蟹花)
















雨中的石門水庫


颱風過後的福德坑公園
審計部附近  (圖片來源  )





2015/07/13

適合青少年觀看的電影(2015暑假)

暑假來了,青少年可看些娛樂性或具啟發性的電影。以下片子可供參考(有些是得獎片):

星際效應
模仿遊戲
愛的萬物論
林肯 (市圖)
一千次晚安 (市圖)
年少時代(Boyhood) (市圖?)
我的鋼鐵老爸
進擊的鼓手
歐吉桑鄰好 (喜劇)
哪啊哪啊神去村 (日本) (市圖)
我想念我自己
歡迎來到布達佩斯大飯店 (市圖)
大英雄天團 (動畫卡通)
歸來 (大陸)
歸鄉    (The  return)
小小兵 (院線片)

危機倒數 (內容:軍事片) (市圖)
黎巴嫩 (市圖)
決戰終點線 (內容:賽車) (市圖)

一條大路通羅馬 (紀錄片) (市圖)

跟著賴和去壯遊 (客家電視台)
http://activity.pts.org.tw/hakka/ProgramC/Template1B_About.aspx?PNum=328

到外婆家Fun寒假 (原住民電視台)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg1mbcTIhW07orRh9q-_1QdPVw70Hbcid

(市圖)  :表示台北市立圖書館有收藏,可借閱