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】巨人山郡(Montgomery County)的战争城堡镇位于费城远郊西北，紧邻世界闻名的默克制药公司(Merck & Co.)疫苗生产基地、圣所朝拜国际摩擦材料公司(Palmer Intl.)、快乐·管家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”！本地山丘高中(Methacton HS)的教育水平也因此得到极大地提升。 战争城堡镇曾是1777年美国独立战争期间大陆军总司令华盛顿(George Washington)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，记得儿子小的时候时常跑去柳溪农场保护区(Willow Creek Farm Preserve)、甜樱桃蜜酒农场(Merrymead Farm)以及精灵山农场(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…… 磐石·卫士农庄(Peter Wentz Homestead )和无价宝·深皮肤别墅(Anthony Morris House)等两处建筑物/群已载入《美国国家史迹名录》(US Natl. Register of Historic Places)。
Today in History(历史上的今天):
2022: Invisible Rich Whitpain Twp, PA(宾州白乡巴佬镇隐形富翁) 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 (甜樱桃蜜酒农场 05-30-2004)  Over 1,000-Pound Whacked Pig
(重达上千磅睡不醒的酷猪)  Animal Pen @ Merrymead Farm
(甜樱桃蜜酒农场·动物圈 06-11-2004)  Animal Pen @ Merrymead Farm
(甜樱桃蜜酒农场·动物圈 08-26-2007)  Silos of Merrymead Farm
(甜樱桃蜜酒农场·筒仓 08-26-2007)  Pasture Land @ Merrymead Farm
(甜樱桃蜜酒农场·牧场 08-26-2006)  Pre-Kindergarten Field Trip to Willow Creek Orchards
(柳溪果园·学前小班野外见习 06-03-2008)  Italian Ice @ Willow Creek Orchards
(柳溪果园·意大利刨冰 06-03-2008)  Strawberry Pick @ Willow Creek Orchards
(柳溪果园·摘草莓 06-03-2008)  Mini-Golfing @ Freddy Hill Farms
(精灵山农场·迷你高尔夫 07-12-2007)  Willow Creek Farm Preserve now, Willow Creek Farm Orchards then
(现改名为柳溪保护区，旧时称柳溪果园)  Anthony Morris House (1717), the Log Manor
(建于1717年的无价宝·深皮肤别墅——原木农庄)  The Backyard of Anthony Morris House
(无价宝·深皮肤别墅——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磐石·卫士农庄——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
(磐石·卫士农庄——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
(磐石·卫士农庄——笔记本上羽毛笔)  Bedroom of Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——睡房)  Dining Rm @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——餐厅)  Family Rm @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——家庭室)  Kitchen @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——厨房)  Outbuildings @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——附属建筑物)  Bake Oven, Privy, Smokehouse, Woodshed, & Ice-House @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——烤炉、厕所、熏制房、柴棚和储藏室)  Fireplace @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——炉床)  Front Gate of Stone Barn @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——石仓正门)  Side Stone Barn @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——石仓侧面)  Attached Summer Kitchen @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——与主楼相连的夏厨) 
Water Pump @ Peter Wentz Homestead (磐石·卫士农庄——水泵)
 Black Hereford Cattle @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——黑老路牛) 
Black Hereford A @ Peter Wentz Homestead (磐石·卫士农庄——黑老路牛A)  Black Hereford B @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——黑老路牛B)
 Sheepfold @ Peter Wentz Homestead
(磐石·卫士农庄——羊栏) 
Sheep Pen @ Peter Wentz Homestead (磐石·卫士农庄——羊圈) Crosslink(相关博文): USA(出游美国) |
