華府潮汐湖夕陽

Hi, 羅 先生，

May I share three photos taken at the Tidal Basin, Washington, DC , yesterday(late afternoon near dusk with you? As a bad habit (become hooked and addicted to writing our mother tongue), Bi Ben would like to practice a few H3LP if you don't mind.

歸日烏濛濛

像愛落雪冇看雪

外背冰冷近零度

臨暗出日頭

入城拜會傑佛森 (Thomas Jefferson Statue and Memorial)

潮汐湖邊觀日落夕陽 (日頭下山；潮汐湖=Tidal Basin。﹞

冬日潮汐湖

一層薄冰蓋湖水

冰上海鷗毋驚冷

野燕結群飛

飛下湖中暫歇睏

南飛過冬歇幾夜

湖邊看日落

雲彩日光爭風頭 (艷麗)

千變萬化嘆人生

人生比自然

情來緣去一生人 (幾十年)

日落日出千萬年

To end, may I share at least a couple of interesting facts about President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) with you?

1. Knowing his weakness a public speaker, Jefferson avoided making speeches and dealt with matters in writing wherever possible.

2. Jefferson refused to speak to Congress for his first State of Union in 1801, writing a letter instead. This started a tradition that lasted until 1917, when President Woodrow Wilson made the first personal address for over a century.

3. Jefferson wrote his own epitaph for his own gravestone:"Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statue of Virginia for religious freedom, and the father of the University of Virginia."

What a great human being he is! Big Ben loves to visit him whenever possible and will continue to do so until Taiwan Independence is here and stays forever in this world.

台灣加油！

Best regards,

Big Ben   1/19/2015