I mention DC because sometimes when I do a search for National Gallery I get London. I'm offering a little eye candy today. All the pictures are from National Art Gallery and all are in the public domain. Lady with a Harp: Eliza Ridgely artist: Thomas Sully, 1818. What's very entertaining to me about this [...]
A quote and a book recommendation
In my efforts to bring order out of chaos in my household, I occasionally look at my bookshelves and, gulp, remove books. This time I found something called —ITESTA Seminar with Father Stanley JakiITEST WorkshopOctober, 1991 I thought it was the perfect candidate for removal to another home, especially since I have no idea why [...]
Purely domestic
Purely domestic… Spelt bread ... Ipecac ... Pink Crisco ... Empty toothpick containers ... Vestment patterns ... I started cleaning some cabinets, partly as a way to procrastinate, as my writing moves forward inch by inch. I figure out ONE plot point, write it up, fix all the side bits it impacted, and then … [...]
Writing, writing, writing
I love this view of the mountain obscured. Where is the top?! That's how I feel about my writing at this moment. I'm at 77, 991 words and I just blundered into the fog. I'm close but not at the top yet. Wherever the top is... I've got to keep going!
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Hail, O Lady, unique gateway through whom the Lord alone has passed! Hail, O you who, through your maternity, have shattered the locks of Hades! Hail, divine access towards salvation for the saved, O you so perfectly worthy of our praise! From the Akathist hymn to Our Lady written by Saint Romanus in Constantinople around [...]