2023-07-16 National Ice Cream Day

【Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour (1950)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        Light the first light of evening, as in a room

        In which we rest and, for small reason, think

        The world imagined is the ultimate good.

        This is, therefore, the intensest rendezvous.

        It is in that thought that we collect ourselves,

        Out of all the indifferences, into one thing:

        Within a single thing, a single shawl

        Wrapped tightly round us, since we are poor, a warmth,

        A light, a power, the miraculous influence.

        Here, now, we forget each other and ourselves.

        We feel the obscurity of an order, a whole,

        A knowledge, that which arranged the rendezvous.

        Within its vital boundary, in the mind.

        We say God and the imagination are one...

        How high that highest candle lights the dark.

        Out of this same light, out of the central mind,

        We make a dwelling in the evening air,

        In which being there together is enough.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《内心情人的最后独白》(1950)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            点亮黄昏的第一盏灯，就在房间

            我们栖居的地方，只因以为

            想象的世界止于至善。

            恰好最热烈的约会。

            这样的思维让我们淡定自如，

            所有的冷漠，化作唯一：

            唯一中，仅有的披肩

            紧裹你我，因为我们生活艰辛，一阵温暖，

            一道光芒，一种力量，那神奇的作用。

            此处，此刻，我们忘却他人与自身。

            意识到空寂的秩序、完整、

            才识，所安排的聚会。

            无论生命范畴，还是心灵深处。

            可以说上帝和想象力浑然天成……

            照亮黑暗的崇高烛火何等神圣。

            藉以这道光芒，透过中心思想，

            我们在夜空中找到安身之地，

            彼此乐享闲适。

【注】这个周末天气异常闷热，即使在开阔的郊外感觉浑身黏糊糊的，离公司不远的乡村茶馆提供维多利亚风格的下午茶，“人间烟火气，最抚凡人心”。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2022: Ctr Norristown Historic District, PA(宾州北方人城中央历史街区)

2022: W. Norristown Historic District, PA(宾州北方人城西部历史街区)

2018: On the Ionian Sea, Italy(意大利爱奥尼奥海─航海日)

2018: Across Strait of Messina, Italy(意大利—纵穿墨西拿“镰刀”海峡)

2017: The Night Watch @ Rijksmuseum, NLD(荷兰国家博物馆《夜巡》)

2014: St. Stan's Summer Festival(荣耀圣徒学校夏季狂欢节)

2010: 魔鬼变奏曲(Monster Variation)

McAlpine Locks and Dam in Louisville, KY

(肯塔基“草甸”州名斗士城·麦卡尔平“白山之子”水闸与水坝 07-04-1991)

River Styx, One of the Cave's Semi-Subterranean Waterways, Emerged onto the Surface of Mammoth Cave, KY

 (肯塔基猛犸洞国家公园·猛犸洞表面的斯提克斯“冥"河——洞穴半地下水道之一 07-04-1992)

Pitt Street Bridge @ Mt Pleasant in Charleston, SC

(南卡罗莱纳“自由者”州查尔斯顿“自由人城”快乐山镇·皮特“洼地”街桥 07-04-1993)

Benjamin N. Duke House in Beaux-Arts & French Renaissance @ 1009 5^th Ave, NYC

(纽约“新紫杉树之地”第五大道1009号本杰明·杜克“右手之子·领导者”故居——建筑风格融合了学院派艺术和法国文艺复兴风格 07-04-1994)

Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA

(加利福尼亚“火炉”州旧金山金门大桥 07-05-1995)

Château de Chillon @ Montreux, Switzerland

(瑞士蒙特勒“共同之山”镇·西庸“石板”城堡 06-16-1996)

William G. Weld House (1884) w/ a Dutch Renaissance Style in Newport, RI

(罗德“红岛”州新港市——建于1884年荷兰文艺复兴式的威廉·韦尔德“坚定保护者·林地”之家 07-04-1997)

Temple Neuf over Moselle-Seille Rivers in Metz, France

(法国梅茨“刀匠”市·介于摩泽尔河—塞耶河“救世主—镰刀”河之间的新圣殿 07-04-1998)

Egg Rock Light (1875) on French Bay in Acadia NP, ME

(缅因“大陆”州阿卡迪亚“沃土”国家公园法国湾·建于1875年的蛋石航标灯 07-04-1999)

Maple Tree Sq @ Gastown in Vancouver, Canada

(加拿大温哥华“牛渡口”市·煤气镇枫树广场 07-04-2000)

New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning

(新泽西“草”州彩票热气球节 07-28-2001)

Bennett Lake in British Columbia and Yukon, Canada

(加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚“鸽子”省和育空“大河”两省的贝内特“蒙福”河 07-03-2002)

Changing the 4-Mo Lad's Diaper @ Home, NJ

(新州本家·给四个多月大的儿歌换屎片 07-20-2003)

Toddler-I Dozed off (小幼儿生午休 07-01-2004)

Toddler-II @ Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia

(费城请触摸儿童博物馆·大幼儿生 07-04-2005)

Preschool-I @ Carousel of Six Flags and Adventure, NJ

(新州六旗与大冒险游乐园旋转木马·小幼童生 07-08-2006)

Preschool-II @ Rick's Candies, PA

(宾州里克“勇敢统治者”糖果店·大幼童生 07-15-2007)

Pre-Kindergartener @ Camelbeach Waterpark, PA

(宾州骆驼滩水上公园·学前班预科生 07-19-2008)

Kindergartener @ Ball Park of Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia

(费城国民银行公园球场·学前班生 07-16-2009)

1^st Grader @ Field Trip to Boston Style Pizza, PA

(宾州波士顿“小村庄”风味意式披萨“面饼”暑假见习·小学一年级生 07-15-2010)

2^nd Grade @ Blue Lagoon of 6 Flags Hurricane Harbor, NJ

(新州六旗飓风港蓝泻湖·小学二年级 07-04-2011)

3^rd Grader @ Shipoopi of Music Man Jr in Theater Camp, PA

(宾州戏剧夏令营《小音乐人·寻找爱情》——小学三年级生 07-27-2012)

Bro & Sis @ Ocean City, NJ

(新州大洋市·兄妹俩 07-04-2013)

Bro & Sis @ Montgomery Mall, PA

(宾州巨人山购物中心·兄妹俩 07-19-2014)

6^th Grader @ Piazza IX Aprile of Taormina, Italy

(意大利陶尔米纳“公牛之家”镇四月九日广场·初一生 07-02-2015)

7^th Grader @ Moat of Porvoo, Finland

(芬兰城波尔沃“城堡”护城河·初二生 07-03-2016)

8^th Grader @ Historic Ctr of Krumlov along the Banks of Vltava River, Czech

(捷克伏尔塔瓦“激流”河畔的克鲁姆洛夫“蜿蜒草甸”城历史中心·初三生 07-07-2017)

9^th Grader @ Panorama of Dubrovnik, Croatia

(克罗地亚杜布罗夫尼克“橡树林”城全景·高一生 07-13-2018)

10^th Grader @ Laomen East Pedestrian Street in Nanjing, China

(中国南京老门东步行街·高二生 07-18-2019)

Eastern Hemlock @ Great Lawn of Stoneleigh, PA

(宾州斯通利“石草地”大草坪·东部铁杉 07-05-2020)

Steam Locomotive @ Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, the Trademark of the Reading & Northern Railroad, PA

(宾州里海“河汊”峡谷观光火车——雷丁“红人”城与北方铁路标志·蒸汽机车 07-05-2021)

Freshman @ KC's Alley @ Ambler, PA

(宾州KC胡同酒吧·大一生 07-23-2022)

Village Teahouse, PA (宾州乡村茶庵 07-15-2023)

A Delightful Lunch @ Village Teahouse, PA

(宾州乡村茶庵·开心午餐)

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