Tag: Spring
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Taming Sadness: A Contemplation on Life and Death
As I admired the year’s first cherry petals dancing in the wind, I received four consecutive funeral notices. A friend, sharing the same circle, also reached out, and we dressed up to pay our respects one by one. In the car, we set some simple rules, and at the venue, my friend placed flowers and…
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Spring and Cherry Blossoms
Every morning, I’d check the temperature, yet couldn’t shed my coat. If the news announced spring had vanished forever, I’d almost believe them. Sure, it’d be sad if spring disappeared, but somewhere, some people have already lived that way.
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The Dawn of Spring
The worn-out Agatha Christie classic handed over at the checkout seemed to mock me, asking ‘Aren’t you a bit late?’ But I had read this book back in elementary school. Around that time, after devouring works by Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc, and Agatha Christie, as well as other authors like Gaston Leroux and Ellery Queen,…