馬汀大夫趴趴走 打造景福家

 

每到冬天，波士頓最好的戶外活動就是溜冰了，實際上在來美之前，我就已經會溜冰，那是在國中時期常常出入不良場所”萬年冰宮”所修練而成的正果。不過，我一直不會倒退溜，每次在溜冰場看到有人可以自由自在的倒退溜，我一定會發出妒嫉...不，是羨慕，的眼光。 


波士頓公園如往常在感恩節後開放溜冰，也跟往年一樣，我再一次小心異異地練習我的倒退溜，突然，在我前面的壯漢停了下來，他長得筋肉糾結，臉上還帶著錯亂的鬍渣。

”嘿，老兄，我可以跟你談一談嗎?”

他不會是要揍我吧，剛才在溜時沒有撞到人啊...有嗎? ...開始不確定了...

”有...什麼事嗎?”

”你後溜的方式不對...”

原來是這件事啊，呼...鬆了一口氣。

”你要像蹲大便一樣，這樣才會溜得穩，看像這樣...”

於是他做了一個蹲大便的姿勢。因為盛情難卻，我也做了一個蹲大便的姿勢，就這樣兩個人在那邊蹲來蹲去，蹲了一會，他終於放我走了...突然很想大...。

不過我很感謝這位粗漢，現在我倒退溜可棒得很...(雖然有點難看)。

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Joni Mitchell在和Larry Klein結褵約十年左右，有一天留了一張短緘：

”你知道嗎?　如果你把沙握得越緊，它就會流逝的越快。”

就這樣Larry了解，該是放手的時候了。

Joni就是有這種駕馭文字的本事，喜歡Joni的歌，主要是這字裡行間的感動。 這跟波士頓的溜冰有什麼關係？實際上，沒有...只是今天我的iPod隨機選了Joni Mitchell的河流，歌詞裡提到

”如果我有一條河流，就讓我溜得遙遠吧...”

和大家分享：

It’s coming on christmas
They’re cutting down trees
They’re putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

But it don’t snow here It stays pretty green
I’m going to make a lot of money
Then I’m going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I’m so hard to handle
I’m selfish and I’m sad
Now I’ve gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I made my baby say goodbye

It’s coming on christmas
They’re cutting down trees
They’re putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river I could skate away on