2024-08-08 National Happiness Happens Day

【Pink Tangle Teezer】

    Nancy Anne Miller

        Like a rose sun coral, nodules waft a watery aqua sky,

        Deep down in the semitropical ocean of her youth.

        A pink floral Octocorallia with tentacles swaying

        In the waves of her breezy hair. A cow's udders

        Dropping the doze of the mother country's

        Milk into her body as it exfoliates her scalp.

        Placed on the side of her daily bath, like

        A set of extra teeth, ones sluggish on a slug's

        Tongue, words emitted slowly, rubbery and

        Bent. The slush, slur of an infant's speech, not

        Enunciated but dissolving in her mouth, a lozenge

        Sucked for the taste of the island's sweetness.

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【《粉红色发梳》】

(百慕大)恩典·仁慈·米勒“磨坊主”

【红霞译】

            像玫瑰绚烂的珊瑚，枝状体漂荡在水蓝色天空，

            还有绽放青春的亚热带海底。

            粉花羽软珊瑚的触手

            随微风摇曳。母牛 

            将家乡的乳液

            滴到她的身上一如去除她的皮屑。

            摆放日常淋浴旁边，好似

            一副多生的牙齿，赖在鼻涕虫的

            舌头上，语速缓慢，吞吐

            不清。婴儿说话时发出低沉含糊的声音，并非

            直言相告，而口含菱形糖果

            品尝岛上的甜美。

【注】圣乔治“农夫”镇成立于1612年，曾是英属百慕大“勇气”群岛的首府，被视为第一个新大陆最古老的英国定居点，17—20世纪作为驻军镇对英国军事工程的发展做出了巨大贡献。

2000年，百慕大圣乔治历史名镇及相关防御工事被列入联合国教科文组织《世界遗产名录》。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2024: Hamilton, Costly Capital of Bermuda(百慕大哈密尔顿·最贵首府)

2024: UK-Crowned Bermuda w/ Quo Fata Ferunt(英属百慕大·命运之所在)

2020 Film Criticism—Webs of Intricacy(高三·影评—复杂网络)

2014: Punchliner on Carnival(嘉年华·妙语连珠)

Bierman Astor Estate, Originally Built by Multi-Millionaire & American Spy_ Vincent Astor & His Wife Helen in 1933

(“酿酒师·雷神”庄园·最初由千万富翁和美国间谍“征服·雷神”及其妻子“火炬”于 1933年建造)

Close-up of Bierman Astor Estate (“酿酒师·雷神”庄园近景)

Admiral Sir George Somers Obelisk of Settlement of Bermuda

(百慕大殖民地海军上将《乔治“农夫”·萨默斯“夏天”爵士》方尖碑)

Tobacco Bay, a Popular Activity of Snorkeling w/ Impressive Underwater Coral Reefs 

(烟草湾·浮潜活动的热门之地，拥有绝妙的水下珊瑚礁)

Tobacco Bay w/ Coast Rock Pools

(烟草湾海岸岩石池)

Tobacco Bay, a Slice of Paradise & Natural Wonders in St. George's

(烟草湾·圣乔治岛极乐天堂的自然奇观)

St Regis Bermuda Resort, a Ritz Like Marriott Property Located at the Tip of the island, Next to Fort St. Catherine

(百慕大瑞吉“王者风范”度假村·类似丽兹“奢华 ”酒店的万豪“慈爱”酒店，位于岛屿顶端，毗邻圣凯瑟琳“纯洁”堡)

The History Behind the Bermuda Beach 

After the Sea Venture wrecked on the reefs in 1609, a group of castaways started exploring the area. On one of the many beaches they came across something unusual — tobacco growing wild. In honor of this discovery, they named the spot Tobacco Bay Beach. Four hundred years later, you won’t find wild tobacco at Tobacco Bay, just a fun day at one of Bermuda’s National Parks.

The beach later became the backdrop to the 1775 Gunpowder Plot, where locals helped  American revolutionaries steal a supply of British gunpowder from the Town of St. George. 

America's Revolutionary War might have turned out very differently if it hadn’t been for a group of Bermudians sympathetic to the cause of the American Continental CongresOn the night of August 14, 1775, they stole more than 100 barrels of gunpowder from the Royal Arsenal in the Town of St. George, rolled them across the island to Tobacco Bay, and shipped each and everyone to Philadelphia.

百慕大海滩背后的历史

1609年，《海上冒险》号在珊瑚礁上沉没后，一群遇难者开始探索该地区，在众多海滩之一，他们发现了一种不寻常的东西——野生烟草。为了纪念这一发现，他们把这个地方命名为烟草湾海滩。四百年后，你在烟草湾找不到野生烟草，只能在百慕大国家公园度过愉快的一天。

后来，这片海滩成为1775年火药阴谋的背景，当地人帮助美国革命者从圣乔治镇偷走了一批英国火药。

如果不是因为一群同情美国大陆会议事业的百慕大人，美国独立战争的结果可能会大不相同。1775年8月14日夜间，他们从圣乔治镇的皇家兵工厂偷走了100多桶火药并运到烟草湾，然后又全部转往费城。

Fort St Catherine, a Coastal Artillery Fort @ the North-East Tip of St. George's Is, in the Imperial Fortress Colony of Bermuda Built in the 17th Century

(圣凯瑟琳堡·海岸炮兵堡垒，位于圣乔治岛东北端，属于百慕大帝国堡垒殖民地，建于17世纪)

Fort St Catherine, the Biggest Fortress in Bermuda Built in 1614

(圣凯瑟琳堡·百慕大最大的堡垒，建于1614年)

Fort St Catherine w/ Rear View of Rapid-Fire Gun

(圣凯瑟琳堡的速射炮·后视图)

Fort St. Catherine's Museum Defending Gates Bay Constructed in 1614

(建于1614年、保卫盖茨“守门人”湾的圣凯瑟琳堡博物馆)

Fort St. Catherine's Museum, One of Early Bermuda's Fortifications against the Spanish, French, and Much Later, the Americans

(圣凯瑟琳堡博物馆·百慕大早期抵御西班牙、法国和后来的美国人入侵的防御工事之一)

Bermuda Lagoon, Turquoise Colored Water of Achilles Bay

(百慕大泻湖·绿松石色的阿基里斯“痛苦”湾水域)

St. Peter's Church Folly of St. George's in Gothic Revival in 1874 & Damaged by a Tornado in 1925 & Subsequent Hurricanes

(原计划替代圣彼得“磐石”教堂的圣乔治教堂·1874年建成的哥特式复兴式教堂，1925年遭龙卷风及随后的飓风破坏)

Dilapidated St. George's Church 

(年久失修的圣乔治教堂)

Cruise Ship Terminal (游轮码头 08-08-2024)

Monument to Admiral George Somers, the 1st Settled, Explored, & Mapped Bermuda after the Chance wrecking of the Sea Venture in 1609

(海军上将《乔治·萨默斯》纪念碑·1609年“海上冒险”号沉没后，第一个定居、探索和绘制百慕大地图的人)

Bermuda National Trust's Globe Museum and Trustworthy Gift Shop

(百慕大国家信托环球博物馆和值得信赖的礼品店)

St George's Town Hall (1782), Founded in 1612, an Outstanding Example of the Earliest English Urban Settlement in the New World

(1782年竣工的圣乔治市政厅·始建于1612年，堪称新世界最早英国城市定居点的杰出典范)

St Peter's Church, the Oldest Anglican Church Outside the British Isles & the Oldest Protestant Church in Continuous Use in the New World

(圣彼得教堂·不列颠群岛以外最古老的圣公会教堂和新世界现存最古老的新教教堂)

Old State House, the Home of Bermuda's Parliament in St George's from 1620 until the Capital's Relocation to Hamilton in 1815

(旧议会大厦·从1620年起至1815年首都迁至汉密尔顿“曲山”，一直是位于圣乔治的百慕大议会所在地) 

Ordnance Island & St. George's Town

(军械岛和圣乔治镇)

St. George's Harbor, Once Storage Space for the British Army, Now the Site of the Deliverance

(圣乔治港·旧时英国军队的仓库，现为交货地点)

Crosslinks(相关博文):

St. George's Fortifications, Bermuda(百慕大圣乔治岛·防御工事)

Hamilton, Costly Capital of Bermuda(百慕大哈密尔顿·最贵首府)

UK-Crowned Bermuda w/ Quo Fata Ferunt(英属百慕大·命运之所在)

En Route to Bermuda via the Atlantic(经大西洋前往百慕大)

Retreat on Board @ Cape Liberty, NJ(新州自由海角港·退修会登船)

Bermuda(出游百慕大)

Caribbean(航游加勒比海)