2023-04-19 National Hanging Out Day

【Sunday Morning·V (1923)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        She says, “But in contentment I still feel

        The need of some imperishable bliss.”

        Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her,

        Alone, shall come fulfilment to our dreams

        And our desires. Although she strews the leaves

        Of sure obliteration on our paths,

        The path sick sorrow took, the many paths

        Where triumph rang its brassy phrase, or love

        Whispered a little out of tenderness,

        She makes the willow shiver in the sun

        For maidens who were wont to sit and gaze

        Upon the grass, relinquished to their feet.

        She causes boys to pile new plums and pears

        On disregarded plate. The maidens taste

        And stray impassioned in the littering leaves.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《星期天早晨·之五》(1923)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            她说，“快乐之余我仍觉得

            需要某种不朽的幸福。

            死亡是美丽之母；因此只有，

            她，才唤起我们的梦幻

            我们的渴望。即使她撒下的树叶 

            定会遮挡我们的道路，

            走过病苦悲伤的征程，历经

            号声高扬的辉煌，或爱情

            悄然流露出温柔，

            她让柳枝在阳光下颤抖

            对于习惯坐着凝视的少女们

            在草地上，重又站了起来。

            她让男孩们把新鲜李子梨儿堆

            放遗忘的盘子上。少女们

            在落叶中享受陶醉的喜悦。

【注】亲爱的小妹：你的选择建构了你生活的一切。如今，你想要纯粹的自由而做出功成身退的选择，未来一定比过去更加美好，衷心祝福你！

My dear friend Xiaomei, everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you made. If you want a different result, make a different choice. There are far better things ahead than you ever leave behind. Wish you all the best!

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2021: Comfortable Being Uncomfortable(奋发有为)

2019: We're Not Special(我们并无例外)

2015 GHCS Field Trip @ Green Lane Park(光华绿荫公园春游日)

2014: Spring Soccer Game I(春季足球之一)

Statue of the Colonel Harland Sanders (KFC Founder) @ Cave Hill Cemetery, KY

(草地州《国家史迹名录》窟山公墓·肯塔基炸鸡创始人雕像《“灰地·人民的捍卫者”上校》04-28-1991)

1^st Golfing @ Iroquois Golf Course, KY

(草地州长屋建造者高尔夫球场·来美后第一次动杆 04-11-1992)

Magnolia Plantation, SC

(南自由者州·木兰种植园 04-10-1993)

Bryant Park, NYC (纽约高尚公园 04-23-1994)

Canal St @ Chinatown, NYC

(纽约中国城·运河路 04-08-1995)

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir @ Central Park, NYC

(纽约中央公园——“上帝保佑·武装·天之骄子”水库 04-20-1996)

Get-together @ Central Park, NYC

(纽约中央公园聚会 04-11-1997)

 Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden @ Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NYC

(纽约美溪区植物园·日式山水花园 04-08-1998)

Girl's Talk @ West Chester Mall, NYC

(纽约西兵营购物中心·知心朋友 04-03-1999)

Deperssion Bread Line (1930s) @ Grounds for Sculpture 

(新州雕塑公园·上世纪卅创造的雕塑《大萧条领救济队伍》04-09-2000)

Chinatown @ 10^th St, Philadelphia 

(费城十街唐人街 04-15-2001)

Liberty SP, NJ against 17 State St, NYC

(新州自由州立公园与背后的纽约道富街17号 04-06-2002)

Patting > 1-Mo-Baby to Sleep @ Home, NJ

(新州本家·哄一个月大点的娃睡觉 04-30-2003)

Toddler-I @ 225 Liberty Street (2 WFC) 3.5 Yr Post-Sept 11 Attacks, NYC

(纽约9·11袭击后三年半正在重建的自由街225号即世界金融中心2号——小幼儿生 04-18-2004)

Toddler-II @ Yard Work, PA

(宾州庭院劳动·大幼儿生 04-23-2005)

Preschool-I @ Japanese Garden, Philadelphia Museum of Art

(费城美术馆日式花园·小幼童生 04-29-2006)

Preschool-II @ Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Philadelphia

(费城·大幼童生观看玲玲兄弟和“男爵之家与管家”马戏团表演 04-18-2007)

Pre-Kindergarten @ Sculpture of Unconditional Surrender, Tuna Harbour of CA

(火炉州金枪鱼港·学前班预科生在雕像《无条件投降》前 04-10-2008)

Kindergarten Graduation @ UGCLC, PA

(宾州上快乐儿童学习中心·学前班毕业 04-28-2009)

1^st Grade Spring Break @ Social Consciousness (1954) w/ The Great Consoler (or Compassion), The Eternal Mother (or Destiny) & Succor (or Death), Philadelphia Museum of Art

(费城艺术博物馆1954年创作的雕像《社会觉悟·伟大的安慰者·永恒的母亲及救助》——小学一年级春假 04-10-2010)

2^nd Grade Spring Break @ Colonnade of Amenhotep III w/ Its Lofty Papyrus Columns in Luxor Temple, Egypt

(埃及宫殿神庙的众神之王安宁三世柱廊及其高大的纸莎草石柱·小学二年级春假 04-09-2011)

3^rd Grader @ Winterthur Home of Henry Francis du Pont, DE

(好战者州“宫主星·自由者·桥”罗马村之家——小学三年级生 04-21-2012)

4^th Grade Spring Break @ Pinnacle Rock on Bartolome Is of Galapagos, Ecuador

(厄瓜多尔达尔文群岛农夫之子岛尖礁·小学四年级春假 04-03-2013)

Brother & Sister @ Wegmans, PA

(宾州路人食品市场·兄妹俩 04-18-2014)

GHCS Field Trip @ Green Lane Park, PA

(宾州绿巷公园·光华中文学校课外活动 04-19-2015)

7^th Grader @ Gapstow Bridge of Central Park, NYC

(纽约中央公园拱桥·初二生 04-30-2016)

8^th Grade Spring Break @ 2017 USBands Concert Series, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts of Philadelphia

(费城香菜表演艺术中心2017年全美管乐音乐会系列·初三春假 04-10-2017)

9^th Grader @ Yo-Yo, Lansdale Intl Spring Festival of PA

(宾州林间旷地国际春节·高一生抖空竹 04-21-2018)

10^th Grader Volunteering @ Memorial Garden of Penndale MS, PA

(宾州宾林初中纪念花园·高二义工 04-22-2019)

11^th Grade Spring Break @ Reception Hall from the Palace of Duke Zhao, Ming Dynasty (1640s), Philly Museum of Art

(费城艺术博物馆明朝(1640年间)赵公馆会客厅·高三春假 04-05-2020)

12^th Grade Spring Break @ Rose Twig of Windlestrae Park, PA

(宾州筐草公园玫瑰枝球场·高四春假 04-03-2021)

ArtsWalk in Allentown, PA

(宾州英俊城·艺术街 04-13-2022)

Au Revoir @ Village Teahouse, PA

(宾州乡村茶庵话道别 04-19-2023)

Friendship over 18 Years (姐妹情谊十八载 04-19-2023)

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