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Writing about Catholic scientists and ideas that feed my own Catholic fiction

Tractors! Eye candy of a very different kind.

August 14, 2026 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

I went to an old-fashioned Power Show last week. I spent four days in the car and four days not in the car with seven other people. We stayed in an apartment above a diner on Main Street, in a town of about 5,000 people. The apartment was very long and narrow, with skylights to [...]

Posted in adventure, culture, family, festival, science and engineering, tractor

How not to travel!

August 11, 2026August 4, 2026 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

When I am going places I start by trying to control all that is going to happen. I want to bring my electronics, and some music, and food that I like, and books that I might have time to read. As the moment of truth comes closer plans begin to change. This time ... I [...]

Posted in catholic authors, fiber arts, sewing, short stories

The Flight into Egypt — eye candy

August 7, 2026August 4, 2026 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

Maybe it's because I am going to be traveling on and off for a month but I am enchanted by the depictions of the Holy Family traveling. I stumbled across them serendipitiously. The Art Institute of Chicago had loads of stamps with the image. This is Monaco's version. Then, Hungary. Then this lovely brown ink [...]

Posted in adventure, art institute of chicago, national gallery of art

Cleaning, cooking, sewing, laundry, ART!

August 4, 2026 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

I have an old post that says, February! How did that happen? So I didn’t call this post, August! How did that happen? But it’s how I feel. The Shy Museum Goer has a new post about a Mexican artist, a woman who is not Frida Kahlo. Maria Izquierdo has a fascinating story of struggle, [...]

Posted in art in other museums, culture, family, national gallery of art, Shy museumgoer

Sunday at the Museum

July 31, 2026 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

When I was maybe five years old my family used to go to the National Gallery of Art on Sundays. ~Occasional Sundays.~ I probably don't really remember how often... When I look back I realize that the museum was very new at the time. The building was opened in 1941. I wonder how much traffic [...]

Posted in church pictures, culture, national gallery of art

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