2025-10-18 National Mashed Potato Day 
【Architecture for the Adoration of Beauty-II (1918)】 Wallace Stevens (1879—1955) In this house, what manner of utterance shall There be? What heavenly dithyramb And cantilene? What niggling forms of gargoyle patter? Of what shall the speech be, In that splay of marble And of obedient pillars? —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《崇美建築論》之二 (1918)】 華萊士·史蒂文斯“異鄉人·花環”(1879生—1955卒) 【紅霞譯】 在這屋裡，該有哪些 言語表達？ 天堂般的酒神頌歌 旋律優美的曲調？ 討厭的石像鬼語？ 該要哪樣說話方式， 在那大理石開口 順服柱石的屋裡？ 【注】塵封了將近31年的相片再次映入眼帘，那是距今第一次、也是唯一一次，我親臨位於紐約曼哈頓“弓島”和皇后兩區之間的羅斯福“玫瑰花田”島，當年的光影，如今已化作記憶的底片，模糊而溫柔。 那時的島上，天花醫院、瘋人院、濟貧院、監獄等遺蹟仍在風中低語，訴說着一段段被遺忘的歷史。東河兩岸的風光也已時過境遷——曼哈頓的天際線不斷拔高，皇后區的輪廓日益清晰。歲月固然遠去，但美景仍在，情懷依然。 正應了那句舊詞：“去年花不老，今年月又圓。”時光流轉，物是人非，可那份初見的心動，卻如島上的晨霧，依舊在河面上輕輕浮動。
Today in History(歷史上的今天): 2025: 2-Michelin Saga, NYC(紐約米其林二星·傳奇現代餐廳) 2025: Skyscraper Vistas from OverStory, NYC(紐約樓頂酒吧·摩天景觀) 2025: Printemps, French Identity in NYC(紐約奧斯曼春天百貨·法國標緻) 2025: Waterfront of Roosevelt Island, NYC(紐約羅斯福島·河岸景色) 2025: The Girl Puzzle Mon, Roosevelt Is NYC(紐約《女孩之謎》紀念碑) 2015: 初中二年級·光華G8班演講比賽─秋季(2015 G8B演講比賽─秋季) 2014: 足球錦標賽(足球循環賽) 2012：光華四年級B班壁報—我的暑假(2012 G4B海報—我的夏天)  Roosevelt Island Sign (羅斯福島標誌 10-18-2025)
 Lamppost, Part of a Set Standing @ the Manhattan Entrance to the Queensboro Bridge, Disappeared in 1974 & Discovered in 2011
(皇后區大橋曼哈頓入口處的路燈柱·1974年被盜、2011年復得)
 Gondola Lifts by Queensboro Bridge over the RI
(羅斯福島皇后區大橋上的纜車)
 1st Visit to RI against Rockefeller Univ across the East River
(初訪羅斯福島·背面東河對岸的洛克菲勒“黑麥田”大學 12-28-1994)  RU w/ Campus Esplanade across the Promenade in RI
(從羅斯福島河濱長廊欣賞洛克菲勒大學校區濱海大道 10-18-2025)
Saecula Saeculorum by Michael Poast on the Art Trail (藝術之路上邁克爾·波斯特“神似·信使”的雕塑《永無止境》)  Chapel of the Good Shepherd in a Gothic Style, Built in 1888
(善牧教堂·建於1888年，哥特式) 
Bell Tower & Apse @ Chapel of the Good Shepherd
(善牧教堂·鐘樓與後堂)  Episcopal Worship Services @ Chapel of the Good Shepherd
(善牧教堂·聖公會聖體聖事)
 Good Shepherd Community Ecumenical Center, an Almshouse @ Chapel of the Good Shepherd
(善牧教堂·好牧人社區基督教中心，實為救濟院)
 Five-toned Brass Bell Formerly Used to Wake & Beckon Patients @ the Almshouse
(五音銅鐘·曾用於喚醒和召喚救濟院的病人)
 RI Bridge, Connecting RI in Manhattan to Astoria in Queens
(羅斯福大橋連接曼哈頓羅斯福島和皇后區阿斯托利亞“星辰”)
 RI Bridge, a Tower Drive Vertical Lift Bridge, Built in 1955
(羅斯福島大橋·建於1955年的塔式垂直升降橋)
 Rhinelander Reef against Mill Rock & Ward's Island Bridge Viewed from Lighthouse Park, RI
(從羅斯福島燈塔公園眺望萊茵“洶湧的水流”河人礁與魔石岩和保護島大橋 10-18-2025)
 Sabrina, a Mythical Water Nymph Bronze Statue
(銅像《薩布麗娜》·神話中的水仙女)
 The Sanctuary RI Boasting Sweeping Views of the Manhattan Skyline
(羅斯福島聖殿·坐擁曼哈頓天際線全景)  The Sanctuary RI, a Fairytale Waterfront Full-Service Event Space
(羅斯福島聖殿·童話般河濱全方位服務活動場地)
 The Sanctuary RI, Former NYC Stone Church
(羅斯福島聖殿·前紐約石頭教堂)  Viewing Pier Opposite to the Sanctuary RI
(羅斯福島聖殿對面的觀景碼頭 10-18-2025)
 Ship Prow, an Observation Deck & Performance Space, Built over a Boat's Landing in 1997
(船頭·用於觀景台和表演場所，建於1997年的船塢上 10-18-2025)
 74th Street Generating Station-Promenade Condominiums-Public Restroom-E.78th St Pedestrian Bridge Viewed from RI Pier, a Unique Expression
(74街發電站—長廊公寓—公共衛生間—東78街人行天橋·從羅德島碼頭望去，別具一格)
Tom Otterness Sculptures in East River off the Promenade along the West Side of RI in 1996 (湯姆·奧特內斯“雙·水獺岬角”1996年的雕塑群——矗立在羅斯福島州西側東河外河濱長廊上)
 The Marriage of Money & Real Estate by Tom Otterness
(湯姆·奧特內斯——金錢與房地產的結合)  Clawing lobster tries to merge w/ a house, but she’s not happy about it.
(爪龍蝦試圖與房子合併，但她對此並不高興)
 The coin (E Pluribus Unum, engraved on the coin) is almost pulled back into the river.
(刻有“合眾為一”的硬幣幾乎被拉回河裡)  Coin and the house are married and happy in our capitalist world.
(在我們的資本主義世界裡，硬幣和房子幸福地結合在一起)  Blackwell Park w/ a Magnetic Mystery in the Past
(布萊克威爾“暗溪”公園·歷史的磁力之謎)
 Façade of Blackwell House, Built in 1796, the Sole Surviving Bldg on RI
(布萊克威爾故居正面觀·建於1796年，羅斯福島上唯一倖存的建築)
 Blackwell House, the 6th Oldest Farmhouse in NYC
(布萊克威爾故居·紐約市第六古老的農舍)
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