2025-07-05 National Hop-A-Park Day

【8 of 9 Primordia in the Northwest (1917)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

            The black mother of eleven children

            Hangs her quilt under the pine-trees. 

            There is a connection between the colors, 

            The shapes of the patches, 

            And the eleven children…

            Frail princes of distant Monaco, 

            That paragon of a parasol 

            Discloses 

            At least one baby in you.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《原初之八·西北部》(1917)】

華萊士·史蒂文斯“異鄉人·花環”(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

                十一個孩子的黑人母親

                把被子掛在松樹下。

                色彩的關聯、

                補丁的形狀、

                十一個孩子……

                遠方摩納哥嬌弱的王孫，

                陽傘的完美

                顯示出

                至少有份愛意。

【注】望八之年的老媽想看海，應屆畢業的紐約仔在步入職場前的獨立節長周末欣然作陪，於是我們老少三代即刻鎖定大西洋城，慕然回首號稱世上第一長的木板路(4.2英里/6,759米)，距離上次徜海濱沙灘的場景已七載有餘，當年一起來歡度高一高二暑假的青春年少如今正開啟人生新篇章。時光飛逝，我們能把握的就是珍惜美好！

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2021 Lehigh Gorge State Park, PA(賓州裏海·河汊峽谷州立公園)

2021 賓州明路鎮(Jim Thorpe, A Bright Path in PA)

2017: Sound of Music, Austria(奧地利─音樂之聲)

2016: Across Oresund Strait, Baltic Sea(穿越波羅的海礫石聲海峽)

2015: Farewell to Rome, Italy(告別羅馬)

2014: Fourth of July Fireworks(獨立節煙花)

1^st Boardwalking in Atlantic City

(第一次走在大西洋木板路上 04-05-1992)

Bally's Atlantic City Hotel & Casino

(大西洋城巴利“城鎮”酒店賭場 04-05-1992)

Brigantine Bridge over Absecon Inlet

(阿布西肯“小水”灣上布里甘泰恩“雙桅帆船”橋 08-01-2000)

Showboat Hotel (戲船海灘酒店 10-14-2000)

Pre-Schooler I @ Tropicana

(熱帶花園城·學齡前小班生 11-22-2006)

Tropicana Casino (熱帶花園城·賭場 11-22-2006)

Thanksgiving @ Tropicana

(熱帶花園城·感恩節 11-22-2006)

7^th-Grader @ Rainforest Cafe on Boardwalk

(木板路雨林咖啡館·初二生 08-26-2012)

Bally's Casino and Hotel on Boardwalk

(木板路上巴利“城鎮”賭場和酒店 08-26-2012)

9^th-Grader @ Boardwalk (木板路·高一生 06-16-2018)

9^th/10^th-Grader @ Showboat Resort

(戲船度假村·高一/高兒生 06-16-2018)

Lobby of Showboat Resort

(戲船度假村·大堂 06-16-2018)

Graduate @ Mural of Showboat Resort

(戲船度假村壁畫·應屆大學畢業生 07-05-2025)

Lunch @ Crab House on Steel Pier

(鋼鐵碼頭螃蟹餐廳·午餐 07-05-2025)

Atlantic Cit Boardwalk, the World's 1st & Longest

(世上第一條也是最長的木板路 07-05-2015)

4.2-Mile/6,759-Meter Long Boardwalk

(4.2英里/6,759米長的木板路)

Downtown Atlantic City (大西洋城·市中心 07-05-2025)

Atlantic City Established in the 1800s as a Health Resort, Today a Modern City Dotted w/ High-rise Hotels

(大西洋城·始建於19世紀，最初的療養勝地而如今已成為遍布高層酒店的現代化城市)

Ferris Wheel @ Steel Pier Amusements

(鋼鐵碼頭遊樂場·摩天輪)

Newly Closed Believe It or Not, the Ripley's Odditorium against Atlantic Palace

(新近關張的《信不信由你》博物館·里普利“林中空地”奇趣館與背後的大西洋宮 07-05-2025)

NJ Korean War Memorial w/ a Bronze of the Mourning Soldier

(新澤西朝鮮戰爭紀念碑·青銅雕像《哀悼士兵》 07-05-2025)

Brighton Park against Bally's & Claridge Hotel

(布萊頓“明亮的城鎮”公園·背對巴利“城鎮”賭場和克拉里奇“三葉草嶺”酒店)

Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino

(特朗普廣場酒店和賭場 07-05-2025)

Boardwalk (長廊 07-05-2025)

Ocean Resort Casino, the Tallest Bldg in Atlantic City

(海洋度假村賭場·大西洋城最高建築)

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church in Romanesque Revival Architecture Built in 1905

(托倫丁聖尼古拉斯“人民的勝利”教堂·羅馬式復興建築，建於1905年)

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