2022-07-23, National Day of the Cowboy
【Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction—It Must Be Abstract·VII (1942)】 Wallace Stevens (1879—1955) It feels good as it is without the giant, A thinker of the first idea. Perhaps The truth depends on a walk around a lake, A composing as the body tires, a stop To see hepatica, a stop to watch A definition growing certain and A wait within that certainty, a rest In the swags of pine-trees bordering the lake. Perhaps there are times of inherent excellence, As when the cocks crows on the left and all Is well, incalculable balances, At which a kind of Swiss perfection comes And a familiar music of the machine Sets up its Schwarmerei, not balances That we achieve but balances that happen, As a man and woman meet and love forthwith. Perhaps there are moments of awakening, Extreme, fortuitous, personal, in which We more than awaken, sit on the edge of sleep, As on an elevation, and behold The academies like structures in a mist. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《最高虚构笔记——它必定抽象·之七》(1942年)】 异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒) 【红霞译】 感觉良好在于没有巨人， 原创的思想者。也许 真相取决于环绕湖边的一场徒步， 一种身体劳顿，一次驻足 去欣赏雪割草，一段停留来观察 趋于明朗的定义以及 一个等待在特定的范围内，一阵小憩 湖边松枝的垂吊花饰之中。 也许有时天生注定， 就像公鸡在左边啼鸣而一切 都好，无法估算的平衡， 于是瑞士完美应运而生 还有熟悉的机械音乐 操控狂热，却难以平衡 人之所为而非自身所属， 仿佛男女两人一见钟情。 若真有恍悟的时刻， 异常地、偶然地、个别地，其中 大家不只是如梦初醒，更会直起身子， 居高临下，观望 学堂犹如被薄雾笼罩的建筑。 【注】蒙哥马利“巨人山”郡(Montgomery County)的伍斯特“战争城堡”镇位于费城“兄弟之爱”外西北角，紧邻世界闻名的默克制药公司(Merck & Co.)、帕尔默“朝圣者”国际摩擦材料公司(Palmer Intl.)、艾伦·迈尔斯“英俊·领班”重型土木建筑公司和材料供应商(Allan Myers)总部等等，很多职场精英日趋到这里安家落户，“群贤毕至，少长咸集”！本地梅塔克顿“风丘”高中(Methacton HS)的教育水平也因此得到极大地提升。 伍斯特镇曾是1777年美国独立战争期间大陆军总司令乔治·华盛顿“农夫·睿智农家”将军设立的“日耳曼城战役”(Germantown Battle)总指挥部的所在地，广阔天地除了被用作战场之外，最殷实的经济基础莫过于大田农业，记得娃儿小的时候时常跑去柳溪农场保护区(Willow Creek Farm Preserve)、梅里米德“快乐田野”农场(Merrymead Farm)以及弗雷迪“精灵的顾问”山农场(Freddy Hill Farms)摘草莓、看奶牛尤其是重达上千磅且好像只会睡觉的酷猪、生日聚会…… 彼得·温茨“磐石·荣耀”庄园(Peter Wentz Homestead)和安东尼·莫里斯“无价·深皮肤”之家(Anthony Morris House)等两处建筑物/群已载入《美国国家史迹名录》。
Today in History(历史上的今天):
2022: Invisible Rich Whitpain Twp, PA(宾州惠特潘·隐形富翁镇) 2019: Suzhou Quirky Potpourris, China(苏州—姑苏奇葩)
2019: Suzhou—Lion Grove Garden, China(苏州狮子林) 2019: Suzhou—Humble Administrator's Garden, China(苏州拙政园) 2015: PSC B-Ball Camp─Layup(费城运动俱乐部篮球营─上篮)
2014: Pokémon-II(《神奇宝贝》之二) 2010: 学以致用(Learn towards Practice) 2009: 下棋(Board Games)
 Merrymead Farm, a Top Dairy Homestead w/ Holstein Dairy Cows
(梅里米德农场·拥有荷斯坦“林中居民”牛的顶级奶牛场 05-30-2004)
 Animal Pen @ Merrymead Farm
(梅里米德农场·动物圈舍 06-11-2004) 
Merrymead Farm w/ the Path of the Righteous like the Morning Sun, Shining Ever Brighter till the Full Light of Day (梅里米德农场·义人的道路好像黎明的曙光，越照越亮，直到光芒四射 08-28-2005)
 Animal Pen @ Merrymead Farm
(梅里米德农场·动物圈舍 08-26-2007)  Over 1,000-Pound Whacked Duroc Pig
(梅里米德农场重达上千磅睡不醒的杜洛克猪·北美耐寒的红色猪品种 08-26-2007)  Silos of Merrymead Farm (梅里米德农场·筒仓 08-26-2007)
 Pre-Kindergarten Field Trip to Willow Creek Orchards
(柳溪果园·学前小班野外见习 06-03-2008)  Potato Patch @ Willow Creek Orchards
(柳溪果园·土豆地 06-03-2008)  Strawberry Pick @ Willow Creek Orchards
(柳溪果园·摘草莓 06-03-2008)  Mini-Golfing @ Freddy Hill Farms
(弗雷迪山农场·迷你高尔夫 07-12-2007)  Anthony Morris House (1717), the Log Manor
(建于1717年的安东尼·莫里斯之家——原木庄园)  Backyard of Anthony Morris House
(安东尼·莫里斯之家——后院)  Peter Wentz Homestead (1758) in Georgian, the Front Facade Built of Dressed Red Sandstone & the Remainder of the Bldg Built on Uncut Sandstone
(建于1758年具有乔治王朝风格的彼得·温茨农庄——正面由打磨过的红砂岩建造，其余部分则建在未切割的砂岩上)  Peter Wentz Homestead, Served as HQ for the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, George Washington, before & after the Battle of Germantown, Oct. 2-4 and 16-21, 1777
(彼得·温茨农庄——1777年10月2—4日与16—21日，美国独立战争期间大陆军总司令乔治·华盛顿将军设立的“日耳曼城战役”总指挥部的所在地)  A Quill on the Notebook @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——笔记本上羽毛笔)  Bedroom of Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——睡房)  Dining Rm @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——餐厅 07-23-2022)  Family Rm @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——家庭室)  Kitchen @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——厨房)  Outbuildings @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——附属建筑物)  Bake Oven, Privy, Smokehouse, Woodshed, & Ice-House @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——烤炉、厕所、熏制房、柴棚和储藏室)  Fireplace @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——炉床)  Front Gate of Stone Barn @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——石仓正门)  Side Stone Barn @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——石仓侧面 07-23-2022)  Attached Summer Kitchen @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——与主楼相连的夏厨) 
Water Pump @ Peter Wentz Homestead (彼得·温茨农庄——水泵)
 Black Hereford Cattle @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——黑赫里福德“军队渡口”牛) 
Black Baldy @ Peter Wentz Homestead (彼得·温茨农庄——黑白花牛)  Black Hereford @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——黑老路牛)
 Sheepfold w/ Katahdin Sheep @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(彼得·温茨农庄——卡塔丁“最高峰”羊栏) 
Sheep Pen @ Peter Wentz Homestead (彼得·温茨农庄——羊圈) Crosslink(相关博文): USA·Pennsylvania(美国·宾夕法尼亚州) USA(出游美国) |
