Cosmopolitan (02/99)

The variations of roses and muffler:

Under the freezing cold sky, on theˇ@usual way going back to home, I was alone appreciating the coming of my favorite season. Just about few weeks ago, an avenue of ginkgo trees was shinning with golden leaves. But now, the naked trees are creating the world of a simple water ink drawing. I was intoxicated by the notion of loving autumn before. In retrospect, I was just feeling some excitement in fall anticipating the coming of my favorite season, winter.

Oh, well. I have something I really want now. I am looking for a muffler. It has to be gray, long length, knitted preferably with thick cashmere yarn and have long rich fringes. Wanting the muffler like this is similar to women wanting new swimming suits every summer. (Am I the only one who feels in this way?)

By the way, there are many ways to wear the muffler; just put it around the neck once and leave the one end to the front and the other to the back; this is a casual way. Hold the muffler in two and put on the neck, then put through the one end of the muffler to the ring on the other end; this will make the muffler stand out. Or, girls often wear muffler like big bows. (Whenever I see the girls wearing their mufflers like big bows, I feel that they are saying, " Please, take me. I am a present for you.") Different ways of wearing muffler can create the statements in the winter fashion.

However, I like to wear the muffler going around my neck loosely burying my chin. In addition, I like a girl wearing big men's muffler around her neck in many layers. It is cute. It likes alike her head is in the arms of her boyfriend. (Whoops, it may look alike doing head-lock in wrestlingˇK)

Besides mufflers, scarfs and hats can be used in many different ways and can create many impressions. Then, when I look around, there are many things which can be used in many different ways that create many different impressions.

When I get home, I turn the lights and pull the barge light shield curtain. Under the curtain, my two cats greet me together. I put a rose, which I bought at the florist in my neighbor, in to the bud base in the dining room. Um, even this rose has many impressions depending on how I arrange it. For instance, it can be mixed with baby's breath as a bouquet; float the buds in the different colors in a water ball; or sprinkle the petals in the bathtub. All of them will make a rose look different.

There are many variations to display a simple thing. Simpler the thing, more the ways to show it. I like those simple things and I enjoy the variations created by the simple things all the time. And, I need to be simple and plain white in order to be seen in many different ways since I am in the business of showing something to the people. Probably, the reason why I like winter is that all unnecessary things are shaved off and purified by the frozen cold weather. Winter is here again. In the sharp cold air, I was born again in a very pure form.

Goro this month (a little talk with Goro):

Goro was having coffee enjoying its aroma at the coffeehouse which was our meeting place. He never went into the coffeehouse alone when, in rare occasions, he was early for the meeting. (He said he didn't like to going to the coffeehouse alone and wait.) Why did he go into the coffeehouse alone this time? The reason was simple. It was too cold waiting outside. By the way, he had a birthday last month. The majority of the birthday presents were plastic models. His writing about the plastic figures in Cosmo might have caused this. He did not receive as much wine as other years. Is this the indication that people are paying respect to Satake of "Sommelier"? What is his ambition for 99? "First, the movie then the stage playˇK" We can see the many faces of Goro this year.