My father passed on in May 2011. Being an atheist his whole life, I am not sure if he is with God or Dionysus in the after life… I miss you, dad. He was also a literati. So perhaps reading Ulysses, I might summon if not the friendly spirit I long to be reunited, then at least my deeply buried inner peace.
As my schizophrenic norm, the images document the culinary odyssey at Dominique Bouchet Tokyo where Mr. LK and I celebrated our Crystal anniversary, along with Little V.
那天在Wholefoods買菜, 旁聽華裔小女孩摟著父親的頸項, 嬌聲嬌氣對揹著自己的父親說: 爸爸, 我有好多話跟你講! 那位身型瘦小的父親滿臉憐惜, 甜得要晃出蜜, 直回說: 慢慢講, 爸爸聽. ㄧ時間, 我杵在蔬果並列的購物架前發癡, 心頭小小的裂縫愈撕愈大…