I took a look at some of the March saints, especially ones for March 4. Saint Casimir of Poland, listed as a patron of Poland turned up first. He lived in the 1400's, and was a grandson of King Jagiello who married one of my favorites, Saint Jadwig. Saint Casimir was not Jadwig’s granddaughter. Jadwig’s [...]
Progress has been made!
I ran out of bobbin thread and had to stop. Needs ironing as well... That's alll I've got for today.
Harps at the National Gallery of Art in DC
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 … [...]
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