Saturday I’m going to the ordination of Catholic priests for the Arlington, VA, Diocese. I happen to know that Harrisburg and Allentown up in Pennsylvania are also doing ordinations that day. Philadelphia is done. Lincoln, Nebraska is done. Washington, DC ordinations will take place on June 21. That seems very late to me. I would [...]
I wanted an image of a particular event, and couldn't find a good one but having arrived at the National Gallery of Art in DC (pixelated version) I saw that they have an exhibition entitled, Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World. The picture illustrating the (online) brochure is lovely. Study of Butterfly and [...]
I spent yesterday either playing with my grandchildren or listening to the static on AM radio waiting for the new pope to be announced after white smoke issued from the Sistine Chapel chimney. Not much to say! Instead how about two pictures of Saint Peter from the National Gallery of Art. Both are from the [...]
When I was four or five years old I lived near the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, at a time when you could still park on the mall on a Sunday afternoon, and walk to the museum in hot summer sunshine. My black patent leather Mary Janes slid on the cool floors of [...]
Pictures from the National Gallery of Art...
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