2022-12-30 National Bacon Day

【Esthétique du Mal·X (1945)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        He had studied the nostalgias. In these

        He sought the most grossly maternal, the creature

        Who most fecundly assuaged him, the softest

        Woman with a vague mustache and not the mauve

        Maman. His anima liked its animal

        And liked it unsubjugated, so that home

        Was a return to birth, a being born

        Again in the savagest severity,

        Desiring fiercely, the child of a mother fierce

        In his body, fiercer in his mind, merciless

        To accomplish the truth in his intelligence.

        It is true there were other mothers, singular

        In form, lovers of heaven and earth, she-wolves

        And forest tigresses and women mixed

        With the sea. These were fantastic. There were homes

        Like things submerged with their englutted sounds

        That were never wholly still. The softest woman,

        Because she is as she was, reality,

        The gross, the fecund, proved him against the touch

        Of impersonal pain. Reality explained.

        It was the last nostalgia: that he

        Should understand. That he might suffer or that

        He might die was the innocence of living, if life

        Itself was innocent. To say that it was

        Disentangled him from sleek ensolacings.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《恶之美学·之十》(1945年)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            他研究过怀旧之情。从中

            寻找最粗野的母性，这娘们

            会圆滑地安慰他，最温柔

            留着轻微唇毛的女人而不是淡紫色的

            妈妈。他的灵魂深处喜欢原始欲望

            并且不屈不挠，致使家庭

            成了自我起源的回归，出生

            再次以最残酷的方式，

            强烈渴望，凶母之子

            身在身，心更凶，无情地

            通过智慧实现真理。

            确有其他母亲，独具

            鲜明的标志，痴心情人，雌狼

            还有森林母老虎和女人

            与海。表现奇妙。自在的

            东西与他们发出的声音融合在一起

            从不安于沉寂。最温柔的女人，

            因为她是曾经的样子，现实的、

            粗野的、多产的，向他证明可以抵抗

            非人的痛苦。现实得到了解释。

            这是最后的怀旧之情：他

            应该明白。无论痛苦或

            死亡全都纯真无邪，假若生命

            本身是无辜的。如此说来

            他摆脱了圆滑的安慰。

【注】这首诗歌描述一位灵魂深处喜欢原始欲望和不屈不挠的人。

缘分——天地之间无形的连结，令我们相遇，使我们相知，让我们相伴。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2013：Lemurs of Madagascar, Madagascar(马达加斯加狐猴岛)

2012: Malvinas/Falkland Is(马尔维纳斯群岛/福克兰群岛)

2010: 节日聚会(Holiday Party)

2009: 澳洲塔斯马尼亚荒原(Tasmania, Australia)

The 1^st Holiday in the US (第一次在美国过节 11-25-1990)

Edmondston-Alston House, SC

(南卡州·“富翁之子—宝石”别墅 12-27-1992)

Riverside Church, NYC (河边教堂 12-31-1993)

Annual Christmas Party, NYC

(纽约·一年一度的圣诞节聚会 12-02-1994)

Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy

(意大利罗马·西班牙台阶 12-27-1995)

Lord & Taylor Christmas Window Display, NYC

(领主—裁缝服装店圣诞节橱窗展 12-07-1996)

Madame Tussauds in London, UK

(英国伦敦·杜莎夫人蜡像馆 12-26-1998)

The Besties @ Home in NJ (新州·闺蜜到访 12-26-1999)

The Bestie's Boys of Victor & Raymon, NJ

(新州闺蜜的俩公子：濛濛与浩浩 12-25-2001)

The Old Folks back in China, PA

(宾州·老友重逢 12-31-2002)

Toddler-II @ Market St against the City Hall in Philly

(费城市府大厦东侧市场街·大幼儿生 12-31-2004)

Preschool-II Looks up the Runners @ Bonnie-Dashi Holiday Party, PA 

(宾州邦莉—达世节日聚会·大幼童生仰慕领军人物 12-30-2006)

Pre-Kindergartener w/ Jocks @ Mary-Wei's Christmas Party, PA 

(宾州春燕—威的圣诞节聚会·热衷游戏的学前班预科生 12-30-2007)

Kindergartener w/ Upgrade of Belt @ Tiger Schulmann's Martial Arts, PA

(宾州“老虎·经院学者”混合武术馆腰带升级——学前班生 12-22-2008)

1^st Grader @ Lilian BD Party, BouceU of PA

(宾州气垫蹦极馆乙菁生日聚会·小学一年级生 12-05-2009)

1^st Grader En Route to Phillip Island along the Bass Strait, Australia

(通往澳大利亚爱马岛的巴斯海峡上·小学一年级生 12-31-2009)

2^nd Grader @ Holiday Party of Montgomery ES, PA

(宾州巨人山小学·二年级节日班会 12-23-2010)

3^rd Grader When Schoolmates Meet Together @ Hatfield Ice Arena, PA

(宾州帚石楠田溜冰馆校友相聚·小学三年级生 12-31-2011)

4^th Grader @ Rockhopper Rookery of Berkeley Sound in English Falkland Islands or Argentine Islas Malvinas

(阿根廷光滑眉毛群岛/英国猎鹰群岛桦树林湾上凤冠企鹅大本营·小学四年级生 12-30-2012)

4^th Grader En Route to Puerto Madryn over the Atlantic Ocean, Argentina

(通往阿根廷狐狸港的大西洋上·小学四年级生 12-31-2012)

5^th Grader En Route to Maputo over the Indian Ocean, Mozambique

(通往莫桑比克首都马普托的印度洋上·小学五年级生 12-31-2013)

6^th Grader @ Andrea Bocelli Concert @ MSG, NYC

(纽约神赐之子广场“男子汉·波切利”音乐会——初一生 12-17-2014)

7^th Grader @ Salute to Vienna @ Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philly

(费城香菜种子艺术表演中心《向维也纳致敬》·初二生 12-28-2014)

8^th Grader @ Holiday Reunion, MD 

(钟爱之地州节日团聚·初三生 12-26-2015)

9^th Grader @ Old Buddies from England for Christmas in NJ

(新州·高一生与从英格兰赶来欢度圣诞节的老同学一家 12-29-2016)

10^th Grader @ Bun-making for New Year's Eve @ Home, PA

(宾州居家揉面试验做年夜饭·高二生 12-31-2017)

11^th Grader @ Golden City Chinese Restaurant on New Year's Eve, PA

(宾州金城中国酒家年夜饭·高三生 12-31-2018)

Great Philadelphia Chinese Culture Ctr, PA

(宾州大费城华人文化中心 12-27-2019)

Shovel Snow @ Home during the 1^st Pandemic year, PA

(宾州新冠肺炎疫情第一年·自扫门前雪 12-17-2020)

Choir Hall @ Bryn Athyn Cathedral, PA

(宾州团结山丘大教堂·唱经楼 12-21-2021)

Run into Angela who has been known for over 13 years @ Volcano Hot Pot, PA

(宾州火山麻辣烫·偶遇13年前结识的朋友 12-17-2022)

The Sophomore w/ Fateful Coincidence @ Su20 Sushi-KC Teatime, PA

(宾州寿司日料餐厅缘遇·大二生 12-30-2022)

Friendship w/ the Sophomore over 14 Years @ Su20 Sushi-KC Teatime, PA

(宾州寿司日料餐厅·相伴十四年多的我们与大二生 12-30-2022)

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