山芙蓉花開

坎脣開白花

白花黃蕊水紅花

自開自賞自落泥

人權个價值

人權个價值

比錢銀還較重要

還有麼人毋相信

虎年感恩節餐會

一年又一年

台美人承蒙美國

舉辦感恩節餐會

今年第一擺

請來美國參議員（Senator Chris Van Holden)

出席支持台美人（加強台美个關係）

虎年新世代

不再強調「同鄉會」

多元語言開大會（河洛、客話、英文、華語）

行遍會場肚

冇看「華府」兩个字

「台灣」蕃薯滿奈係

Big Ben

華府

11/14/22 

立冬

Hi Thomas,

It’s awfully nice of your not ignoring BB’s H3LP. To challenge myself to continue writing it, I find these 24 solar terms(二十四節氣）will keep us busy throughout 「虎年」and 「兔年」.  Let’s start with this one, the beginning of winter, 「立冬」.

十一月初七（或初八）

台灣人講係「立冬」

二十四節氣之一

立冬介風俗

講要補冬「補嘴空」

客家人食「四神湯」

這下後生人

補冬補食「薑母鴨」

底肚摻「台灣米酒」

自家印象中

美國屋下少補冬

過忒立冬嘴空空

I didn’t get a chance to see Taipei Mayoral debate that day. However, I learned from 「一蘋新新聞網」that 阿中部長 leads overwhelmingly in the polls of more than 10,000 people voting online right after the debate. Here’s numbers for your reference: 阿中部長（55%），黃珊珊（25%），蔣萬安（19%）.

Big Ben

華府

11/8/22

見者有份

Hi Thomas, Grace and Olivia,

電視新聞報

「強力球」連續槓龜（=Skunk, continue to fail a winner?)

中獎獨得十六億 (1.6 billion US Dollars)

今日心情好

買張樂透賭運氣（see below, 5 sets of numbers)

見者有份分大獎

As a witness, you’re going to share one fourth of winning $$$. Hahaha…This is what are good friends for. So pray hard for my ticket and wish me a ton of luck!

Big Ben

華府

11/4/22

美國（華府）萬聖節

Hi 正龍，訪英 and 宜頻，

Every October 31, both children and adult slip into the night ghouls and goblins, princesses and pirates. Many Americans celebrate the traditions of Halloween by dressing in costumes and telling tales of witches and ghosts. Children parade from house to house, knocking on doors and calling out “Trick or Treat “, hoping to have their bags filled with candy.

美國萬聖節

年年十月三十一

大人細人共下搞（=一起玩）

今年萬聖節

華府堵到落水毛（=下小雨）

喬治城共樣鬧熱

虎年虎氣好

臨暗拜訪「萬聖屋」

看上百遊魂野鬼

一陣又一陣

細人上門討糖果

大人門外奈心等

Big Ben

華府

11/4/22

Fall foliage on Skyline Drive 天際公路秋色濃

Hi Thomas, Grace and Olivia,

逐年十月底，

爬上（駛車）天際公路頂（Skyline Drive, Virginia)，

爭先恐後賞秋景。

天際公路唇，

各種各樣樹葉變（色），

楓樹樹葉變最紅。

山頂秋色濃，

樹林一層又一層，

陽光下非常出色（=照出樹葉介色彩）。

企在台階上，

眼前秋意濃又濃，

看久看遠目珠矇。

Fall is the most popular time to travel along Skyline Drive, with its colorful foliage from late September to mid-November. Skyline Drive is a National Scenic Byway that runs 105 miles along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains, starts from the north of the Shenandoah valley at Front Royal to Wayneboro where meets the Blue Ridge Parkway. As noted in one of photos, if raise your hands, you can almost reach and touch the sky.

Big Ben

華府

10/29/22

雲門《十三聲》登美六大劇院

After two and half year’s COVID-19’s mess, the Cloud Gate Dance Troupe toured six cities(Houston, Washington,, DC, Chicago, Stanford University,  Costa Mesa and Berkeley, California) with 10 performances of “13 Tongues”(十三聲）. I was honored to witness one of them at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC last Thursday night. With my little knowledge in any stage performance but with some experience in 「萬華/猛岬」night life during my years at National Taiwan University (1960-64 & 1965-68), here’s my H3LP to express my feedback to 13 tongues for your reference.

雲門「十三聲」（Cloud Gate 13 tongues)

甘迺迪中心演出（Kennedy Center, October 20, 2022)

尖滿艾森豪劇場（Eisenhower Theater)

「十三聲」舞劇

舞出猛岬老頭擺

唱出老祖宗心聲

十三个舞者

手腳冇停台頂跳

跳出台灣好名聲

「十三聲」代表

過去、現在到未來

男、女、老、細人聲音（調）

出席這齣戲

上千觀眾當惦靜

看有看冇自家知（聽有聽冇嘛儕知）

Big Ben

華府

10/24/22