Today is the Feast of the Archangels. Yesterday was the 22nd anniversary of my mother's death. I like today a lot better. I went looking for angel art at the NGA and the Walters Art Museum. I enjoy finding engravings from the National Gallery, which are, most often, not on view. Saint Gabriel here has [...]
I finished a short story and submitted it to an anthology. It was accepted and I am rejoicing in that fact, even while I wonder if they took every story that came in. It’s a charming romance with a villain who must be Dealt With. Lots of roses, barnstorming, plane crashes, Rice Institute library, and [...]
I went to the Walters Art Museum with a friend who is ten years older than me. She walked me straight into the ground as we went around the museum, over the hill for lunch, and then back to the museum for more. Fortunately, I knew she was going to do this. I was totally [...]
It is fundamental to certain societies to believe that there could be rescue in a dire situation. We all know that it doesn’t always happen in this life. But we want to believe that sometimes rescue does come at an unlikely moment. It is, in fact, more likely to be true in a society that [...]
I had the happy experience recently of meeting a old friend named Helen. In her honor... https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/08/18/st---helena--empress.html Today’s saint is Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine ... Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor 307-337 [obverse]Parisian 15th Century National Gallery of Art, DC public domain ... and the rediscoverer of the True Cross around 327 A.D. Her pilgrimages [...]
