APAD: This land is your land

Meaning:

Self explanatory

 

Background:

Apparently this saying originates as the title of the well-known song written

and performed in 1956 by folk singer and guitarist Woody Guthrie which begins:

 

    This land is your land, this land is my land

    From California to the New York Island

    From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters

    This land was made for you and me.

 

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It took Andy Dufresne 17 years to escape Shawshank. It has been costing me much

longer to break out of this elected cultural prison. For some, home is just a

Wechat call or an airplane ticket away. But I've chosen adventure, until free on

a land that can finally be called mine.

 

 

所有跟帖: 

Very well written. 讚一個! -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 09:19:53

Thank you. Appreciate it. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 09:29:00

Absolutely agree, it's my land. It's funny many Chinese -唐宋韻- 給 唐宋韻 發送悄悄話 唐宋韻 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 09:46:13

believe they live in others' home even after they become -唐宋韻- 給 唐宋韻 發送悄悄話 唐宋韻 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 09:47:56

US citizens. Their "patriotism" is illusive and delusive. -唐宋韻- 給 唐宋韻 發送悄悄話 唐宋韻 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 09:51:33

And they profess that they love their kids... -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 09:57:22

加拿大的民族政策被稱作cultural mosaic,各個民族保持自己習慣,以至於某些移民3,4代以後國家認同感仍然不強 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 10:03:23

而美國人則讓每一個移民成為美國人,接受美國價值觀 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 10:04:21

These values've been under threat according to "Who are we" -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 10:12:53

by the late political scientist Samuel Huntington. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 10:13:25

Maybe some suffering can make them appreciate Canada. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 10:08:13

Every coin has two sides -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 11:54:40

哇!APAD不僅好看,還好聽。有歌,有詩,有曆史。APAD真是越來越精彩。美壇靚麗的風景線! -盈盈一笑間- 給 盈盈一笑間 發送悄悄話 盈盈一笑間 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 11:19:22

Thanks, capo. Different strokes for different folks :-) -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 11:28:36

This could've been a nice national anthem -waterfowl- 給 waterfowl 發送悄悄話 waterfowl 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 14:38:05

As could the turkey the national bird :-) -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 16:56:51

A land rich in natural recourses. -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 15:43:23

A background for all the other stories. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 16:58:10

How about those homeless? Is this land their land? -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 16:11:52

想起趙婷的電影《無依之地》,英文為啥取名Nomadland呢 -盈盈一笑間- 給 盈盈一笑間 發送悄悄話 盈盈一笑間 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 16:35:10

我們就是遊牧民族,逐水草而居。哪裏給飯吃,就去哪生活:) -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 16:45:37

喔,吉普賽人的意思。明白了。謝謝分享。 -盈盈一笑間- 給 盈盈一笑間 發送悄悄話 盈盈一笑間 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 16:51:28

It's not as bad as one may think. Many trapped in overpriced -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 19:06:15

pigeon holes might dream of a nomad's life. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 19:07:22

"By the relief office I see my people" the song says -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 17:00:08

and asks the same question. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 17:01:10

This land: Bush and Kerry compete for president of 2004. -方外居士- 給 方外居士 發送悄悄話 (194 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 18:04:06

Haha! That's hilarious :-) Just to show how stories are told -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 19:01:39

and bought! Thanks for sharing. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 19:02:04

Glad to know you enjoy it! -方外居士- 給 方外居士 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 19:44:03

今天的這個APAD小而全且精美!This APAD is my APAD :) Thanks for sharing. -CBA7- 給 CBA7 發送悄悄話 CBA7 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 20:06:02

Thanks for liking. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/19/2024 postreply 20:25:38

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