The howling sky. 颱風天的雲 我在舊家的自己房間（現實中已賣給別人，我也搬家了），東西像大地震後全散落、混亂堆疊在桌上和地上（小時候房間的書櫃高度到天花板），一片狼籍。我好像想要拿幾樣重要的東西就趕緊離開。我覺得很害怕。 我的房間門正對著的是父親生前待了十年的主臥室（在現實中是我不敢走進去的房間），有很巨大的怪物呻吟聲從那裡傳出來。藍紫色和豬肝色巨大肉塊黏合堆疊成的人形，很快就要衝過來攻擊我了。它的雙腳是人類長骨組成的，尾巴則是黑色碎骨拼成的，像燒到剩骨架的劍龍尾巴。怪物似乎是盲眼的，但會被聲音吸引，只要有細微聲響，它就會朝聲音的方向全速衝撞過來。它橫衝直撞的，把牆壁撞出裂痕，整棟樓房也搖搖欲墜，落石片片。 There I was, standing in my childhood bedroom. Mind you, this house was sold ages ago, and I’ve long since moved on, but dreams do love a bit of nostalgic real estate. The place looked as though a localised earthquake had thrown an absolute tantrum. Everything I ever owned was strewn across the floor and piled chaotically onto the desk. Overhead, those floor-to-ceiling bookshelves from my youth loomed like precarious skyscrapers of dust and old paper. It was a proper shambles. My plan was simple, if cowardly: grab a few essentials and make a remarkably swift exit, because frankly, I was terrified out of my wits. The real snag, however, lay just across the hall. Directly...
九重葛的花語是「熱情」與「堅韌不拔」，但它卻選擇了象徵憂鬱、寒冷、令人聯想到天空或水的藍色。 跟我的人生一樣諷刺。 ✼••┈┈••✼••┈┈••✼ 月兒不哭茶 那是正值同時在辭職、賣掉房子、買能夠開診所的房子、搬家，生活大風吹、最混亂的一年半。媽媽卻因為眼睛看不見，我帶她到隔壁縣市的醫學中心看診，結果是雙眼都必須手術。 前後歷經四個月，雙眼經過手術都重建光明，也不再需要眼鏡了，但卻天天流淚流不停。我不想再看到她每天醒著時就是拿著一張衛生紙一直擦的樣子。我想說自己是中醫，連為母親做一款照顧眼睛的藥茶都做不到嗎？ 加上陸續來看診的人（中年～老年）跟我抱怨眼睛不舒服、乾澀、飛蚊症，所以我想說，做一款藥茶是這些人可以喝了比較舒服的。可以天天喝，比一個禮拜來看一次診、吃科學中藥粉還能達到日常照顧的作用。 Luna’s Rest It happened during a rather chaotic eighteen-month stretch where my life was thoroughly upended. I was simultaneously resigning from my job, selling my house, buying another property to set up my practice, and moving. Amidst this domestic hurricane, my mother’s eyesight began to fail. I duly escorted her to the grand medical centre in the neighboring county, only to be told that both of her eyes required surgery. Four months later, the operations proved to be a roaring success. Her vision was fully restored, and she could finally bin her spectacles. The catch? Her eyes wouldn’t stop watering. Every single day. I grew utter...