After all kinds of events, including simply celebrating Easter, I'm trying to return to a normal schedule of exercise. This led me to the entirely motionless activity of finding beautiful pictures of walkways on the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC website. All pictures are in the public domain. I just want to walk into [...]
Category: national gallery of art
A Salzburg saint with salt
Of several saints whose feast is March 27, I looked up Saint Rupert as being one I knew the least about. Well, that’s because I’m not Austrian, I guess. He is not some obscure monk, but rather the abbot/archbishop founder of Salzburg. And while we are on the subject, Salz — burg was a city [...]
Odds and Ends — or beginnings?
I've been reading about probate court and trying to find videos to watch so I have some idea what goes on. My new novel has a lot of will problems and it feels very retro. Dorothy Sayers discussed inheritance problems in Unnatural Death. Agatha Christie discussed them in Sad Cypress. Both authors wrote short stories [...]
Saint Joseph!
Yesterday, March 19 was the Solemnity of Saint Joseph. Here are a few bits of eye candy. They are from the Art Institute of Chicago (first, second, fourth) or from the National Gallery of Art in DC (third). All are in the public domain. Saint Joseph. Undetermined date and questionable artist. Possibly after Tommaso Conca Italian, [...]
I thought Wyoming was a western state…
Wyoming, Pennsylvania is a borough that state, north of Wilkes-Barre. Wyoming state was actually named after this green and lovely valley though the guy who proposed the name eventually Saw Wyoming and wasn't sure he got it right. The way I stumbled on this silliness was seeing this picture through the National Gallery of Art. [...]