哈佛大学标本数字化工作者 Carolyn Thornton 数月前在对禾本科标本数字化时遇到了一份有趣的标本。这是一份芳香草类香根草（标本上拉丁名为Vetiveria zizanioides，其接受名为Chrysopogon zizanioides ）的根部标本，里面附上了一份来自1942年的优美祝福诗。虽然圣诞已过，但新的一年还在继续，借此诗祝福大家每一年每一天都快乐！

This is only a grass root tucked inside

Grown in the South, then washed and dried.

But it yields its fragrance as Vetiver should,

A clean sweet odor like sandalwood.

This is only a faltering amateur rhyme

Mailed to our friends at Christmastime

But it carries a greeting, old fashioned,

sincere,

A Merry Christmas, a Happy

New Year.

父母吃饭的时候，聊到一个gwy朋友的儿子考上了gwy。
那语气中的羡慕让我有点难过。
什么都没说，什么都说了。
赶紧扒完饭回到自己房间。
gap year、出国，在这个小县城里都是异类的做法。
对于他们来说，高考的时候选择一个92然后保研或者考研到更好的国内高校，参与选调回到老家，才是光宗耀祖的事情。

【北京市骨灰撒海生态安葬活动正式恢复】
The 621st burial at sea ceremony for Beijing residents was held on February 21 in the Bohai Bay in neighboring Tianjin municipality. It marked the official resumption of public ashes scattering activities suspended during the pandemic. In recent years, more Beijingers chose the environmentally friendly sea burials. Less than 1000 people chose to have their ashes scattered in sea each year before 2010, but the number exceeded 3000 in 2019. 2月21日上午，北京市第621次骨灰海葬告别仪式在天津渤海湾举行，这标志着本市骨灰撒海活动正式恢复。近年来，北京市民对骨灰撒海活动的接受程度逐年提升，2010年之前每年骨灰撒海的逝者不足千人，2019年骨灰撒海逝者突破3000人。