泰晤士(TIMES)四合院儿

BOOK ELEVEN
CHAPTER XIV

17. There was no time, therefore, when thou hadst not made anything, because thou hadst made time itself. And there are no times that are coeternal with thee, because thou dost abide forever, but if times should abide, they would not be times.

For what is time? Who can easily and briefly explain it? Who can even comprehend it in thought or put the answer into words? Yet is it not true that in conversation we refer to nothing more familiarly or knowingly than time? And surely we understand it when we speak of it; we understand it also when we hear another speak of it.

What, then, is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks me, I do not know. Yet I say with confidence that I know that if nothing passed away, there would be no past time; and if nothing were still coming, there would be no future time; and if there were nothing at all, there would be no present time.

But, then, how is it that there are the two times, past and future, when even the past is now no longer and the future is now not yet? But if the present were always present, and did not pass into past time, it obviously would not be time but eternity. If, then, time present — if it be time — comes into existence only because it passes into time past, how can we say that even this is, since the cause of its being is that it will cease to be? Thus, can we not truly say that time is only as it tends toward nonbeing?

QHE wrote:


陈衡恪《煮茶图》(齐白石题跋)

David Shen wrote:

《烟消云散见葡萄》

造化神奇新大陆，哈德逊河图壮阔。
静物水果摆一张，白山画派求悠扬。

换说今年见葡萄，时人眼里不一样：

Wildfires taint West Coast vineyards with taste of smoke

（2020 酒厂老板：）葡萄已带松木香，明年酒价要上涨。
（2020 酿造酒师：）为求熏味工艺繁，橡木桶内三年装。
（2021 独立评委：）偷工减料味单调，虽有果品淡如糖。

QHE wrote:
(2021特邀评委：) ... Absolutely fantastic! Rustic, dusty … dry, aromas of caramelized mushrooms and autumn leaves abound with earthy notes … deep, intense smoky flavor. Complex, with lingering scent of pine campfires on the finish.

David Shen wrote:
“土豆烧牛肉”=共产主义的由来 作者：王殊 ......
[Edited at 2020-07-17 02:12 GMT]

As of Saturday night, new cases were down in Texas, Missouri and South Carolina, while 21 states reported a rise in cases and a little more than half held steady compared with the week before.

The mixed results come as the President joined the more than 7.3 million people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in the US, a sobering reminder of the virus’ reach as health experts urge continued vigilance during the fall and winter months.

The 21 states reporting a rise in new cases are Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming.