20220715 #breakfastdiary 495, 23°C/mostly cloudy, 10 min/exercise
In a hot pan, add olive oil and a little salt, whisk three eggs, and make scrambled eggs.
Slice scallions thin, render the scallion oil, then toss in spinach cut to fingernail-sized pieces and stir-fry together. #chinesestylespinachscramble
'Emerging from the long tunnel at the border, there lay the snow country' (from Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country) — is there a more beautiful opening line than this? Is there a monologue as immersive as Osamu Dazai's plain, confessional voice? A work said to combine Kawabata's vivid imagery, Dazai's deep introspection, Kenji Maruyama's bold sturdiness, and Haruki Murakami's stylish sense of space has arrived — one bound to leave its mark on the history of modern Japanese literature.
Publisher's introduction to #thatsummerlingeredtherelong
Kawabata, Dazai, and Maruyama all in one — that's quite something.