Grading is done! But where is the spring break? The spring quarter begins tomorrow, doesn't it?

アメリカ観察記断章。袋詰めになったパンの多数派は日本で言うところのサンドイッチパンに近い薄さと大きさだけど、アメリカのスーパーで売っているパンの種類はもっと豊富だ。それは、ハイエンドであろうとローエンドであろうとアメリカのスーパーにはパテ…

アメリカ観察記断章。スーパーでよく売っている安価なパンは、10センチ四方で16枚切り程度の厚さ、一斤の1.5倍くらいの長さの袋詰めだろう。安いもので1.９９ドル程度。これも漂白した小麦で作った白いパン、無漂白の小麦で作った茶色いパンが必ずあり、そこ…

"Where words fail, often music can speak." (Andersen. Picturebook without Pictures.)「言葉がうまくいかないところでは、音楽が話してくれる」（アンデルセン『絵のない絵本』）

アメリカ観察記断章。このところパンを手作りしているのだが（といっても捏ねないで長時間発酵させるお手軽なパンだけれど）、スーパーで売っている小麦粉の区分がおもしろい。日本ならだいたいどこでも薄力粉中力粉強力粉がどれも揃っているものだが、アメ…

"Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said: 'one CAN'T believe impossible things.'/ 'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believe…

Today I did write something. And as I typed keys slowly but fiercely for hours, I came to realize that I did not dislike writing. To my surprise, a revelation hit me that I could love writing as I love reading! Another discovery is that wr…

How many calories the brain consumes when one writes intensely for hours? For some reasons writing makes me extremely hungry and thirsty. I have a plenty of hot drink, water, and snacks beside my laptop, but still need to leave the desk ho…

I learned a great deal from the grad conference these two days, though in a deeply selfish way. I mean, I stopped listening to the presentations at some point and concentrated on observing explosions of my own thinking ignited by some idea…