Mu 1985 wolemba wamkulu wopambana mphotho ku Colombia a Gabriel García Márquez adafalitsa buku lake lotchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi: "El amor en los tiempos del cólera". Olankhula Chisipanishi nthawi yomweyo adasokoneza mutuwo, wotayika kumasulira kwa Chingerezi. Titha kumvetsetsa mutuwo m'njira zinayi zosiyanasiyana. Titha kuziwerenga motere: "Kondani munthawi yaukali" kapena "Kondani munthawi ya kolera", kapena "Kondani munthawi yaukali" kapenanso "Chikondi munthawi yodzala ndi matenda". Kusewera-kwamawu kwamawu m'bukuli, chisokonezo chomwe chimafotokozera chikuwoneka ngati choyenera bwino munthawi yomwe tikukhala ino.
College Station, Texas ili kutali ndi chikhalidwe ndi madera akutali kuchokera ku New York City: pachimake pa Coronavirus (Covid-19). Komabe ngakhale pano, monga kumayiko ambiri, timamva mliriwu ndipo umakhudza miyoyo yathu yonse. Usikuuno pa 9:00 pm ifenso tipita "pogona", njira yabwino yoti: "Khalani kunyumba!" Monga momwe zidaliri m'buku la García - Márguez ifenso takhala ndi mvula yambiri (koma palibe chofanana ndi mvula yamkuntho yomwe ili m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Colombia ku Colombia), ndipo pali ambiri, makamaka achichepere ena, omwe akwiyitsidwa ndikuti apeza perekani ufulu wina chifukwa cha ena onse.
College Station ndi tawuni ya koleji. Makampani ake akuluakulu ndi "maphunziro" komanso mabizinesi aku sekondale omwe amatumizira kuyunivesite. Popanda ophunzira mzindawu umakhala mzinda wamzukwa, m'misewu mulibe kanthu, malo odyera ndi mipiringidzo yatsekedwa ndipo ngakhale ambiri mwa omwe adayankha koyamba amakhala "obwera" kunyumba. Mwakutero, College Station si mzinda wamba waku America; anthu ake amakhala achichepere komanso athanzi, komanso amakhala ofunitsitsa kutenga zoopsa komanso oleza mtima kwambiri. Aprofesa ake ambiri amakonda kuzolowera kuposa kuwatenga. Misewu yamzindawu ndi yotakata ndipo nthawi zambiri imakhala yopanda anthu (kupatula pamasewera a mpira). Kuno anthu ambiri ndi aulemu ndipo alendo nthawi zambiri amaganiza kuti abwerera m'zaka za m'ma 1950 ndi 1960 pa kanema wa "Father knows Best"
Koma m'njira zina zambiri, College Station imafanana osati ku Middle America kokha komanso kumayiko ambiri akumadzulo. Awa ndi masiku omwe amatikumbutsa umunthu wathu. Mliriwu watiphunzitsa kuti tonse ndife anthu, kuti ngakhale titakhala olimba kapena ofooka, olemera kapena osauka, tonsefe tikhoza kufa. Kachilomboka kachititsa ambiri a ife kukhala nthawi yayitali kunyumba. Taphunzira kugwiritsa ntchito zomwe tili nazo ndikufufuza luso lathu. Intaneti ili ndi njira zambiri zokulimbikitsira ndipo ndikamalankhula pafoni ndimadabwa ndi kuchuluka kwa mapulani ndi malingaliro omwe anthu ali nawo: kuyambira pa intaneti challah kuphika makalasi mpaka kuphunzira chilankhulo chatsopano, kuyambira kukulitsa luso la masamu mpaka kulimbana ndi mafunso okhudza zamakhalidwe ndi nzeru za anthu.
College Station ilinso ku Middle America poti anthu ambiri amalangidwa ndipo kukoma mtima kwathetsa kudzikonda. Monga madera ambiri ku United States, pali nthawi yogula achikulire, achinyamata omwe amafunsa ofooka momwe angathandizire komanso kumvetsetsa za mgwirizano ndi mgwirizano wammagulu.
Palibe kukayika kuti awa si masiku ovuta, koma tikuphunzira kuthana ndi kupeza mtendere wamkati womwe udasokonezedwa ndi cacophony wa wamba.
Ndikukufunirani zabwino zonse kuchokera pansi pa mtima ku Texas!
College Station ndi mzinda kum'mawa kwa Texas. Ndi kwawo ku sukulu yayikulu ku Texas A&M University. M'sukuluyi, Laibulale ya Presidential ya George HW Bush ndi Museum imalemba za moyo wa purezidenti wa 41st US. Mulinso ofesi ya Oval Office komanso slab ya Khoma la Berlin. Sanders Corps of Cadets Center imafotokoza mbiri ya gulu lankhondo lomwe likuwonetserako ndikuwonetsa mendulo ndi zida zamphesa.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- “Love in a time of rage” or “Love in a time of cholera”, or “Love in raging weather” or even as “Love in a season filled with illness”.
- Here most people are polite and visitors often have the sense that they have stepped back into the 1950's and 1960's television world of “Father knows Best” But in many other ways, College Station is typical of not only Middle America but also of much of the Western world.
- The internet is filled with ways to self improve and when speaking on the phone I am amazed at the number of creative projects and ideas that people are having.
