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 [...]
You might notice that the header image is reversed. I visited a church last week with that lovely stained glass over the door in the back. I couldn't get a picture, or even actually see the image very well from the inside of the church. When I went into the (very tiny) vestibule the light [...]
There doesn't seem to be a lot of agreement on a saint for today. The vatican.va website lists Saints Quiricus and Julietta as the saints of the day, but provides no further information on them. They were a mother and child, martyrs under the Diocletian persecutions in Tarsus. Saint Lutgardis (1182-1246) was sent to a [...]
I've written a fair amount this week but I've also had a few projects going... The potholder loom has been a more interesting project than I expected. That is, I expected to make potholders. I've ended up doing a lot of color experimentation because the loops I use have come in packages with highly random [...]
Long ago when I visited New Hampshire and climbed the mountain known as South Pack Monadnock I watched chipmunks run around on the rocks there. Chipmunks often run in a straight line, and then suddenly turn 90º and dart in the new direction for a bit. Rinse and repeat. That’s my brain this morning. For example, [...]
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