Today is Makha Bucha（万佛节）, for the Buddhists to commemorate the meeting of Buddha and his first 1,200 disciples.
传说2500多年前的这一天佛祖在菩提树下悟出了佛法，并第一次向他的门徒讲解。
如果你对这个领域感兴趣，推荐一本我上周读的好书：《故道白云》，大陆版译作《佛陀传》，作者是上个月（2022年1月22日）刚刚圆寂的一行禅师（Thích Nhất Hạnh）。
Feb 16, 1992
Angela Carter, English novelist, died at age 51.
If you are not familiar with this name, she ranks number 10 among "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" according to the Times.
*https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-50-greatest-british-writers-since-1945-ws3g69xrf90
1. Philip Larkin
2. George Orwell
3. William Golding
4. Ted Hughes
5. Doris Lessing
6. J. R. R. Tolkien
7. V. S. Naipaul
8. Muriel Spark
9. Kingsley Amis
10. Angela Carter
“Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual.”― Angela Carter
张爱玲曾说「如果湘粵一帶深目削頰的美人是糖醋排骨，上海女人就是粉蒸肉」（《第一爐香》），说的只是皮肤和爱美，但不知她会怎样归纳上海这座城的性别？
如果只用一个词形容你所在的城市，会是哪个词？
期待你的留言。