Diane Tucker wrote the loveliest blog post on the frescoes done by Giotto, in a chapel called the Scrovegni. The pictures are glorious. I would only add that, when I read the story I didn’t pay enough attention to the picture showing the entire chapel interior. Look closely and realize that all the frescoes are [...]
I’m out of practice on titles… Book Reviews!
Last week I was away in a place that has problematic internet access. I also had to spend a lot of time at a bank and at a town hall, or waiting for a call back from the town hall, or trying to figure out how to not need a call back from the town [...]
Inside baseball on vestments … from an amateur
... Or where to find ecclesiastical fabric… and symbols.*** I’ve been asked about this recently so I decided to write down everything I know here. Then I can send it to anyone else who is interested. With the clear understanding that I am not an expert ... Ecclesiastical Sewing sells liturgical brocade, linen, and plain [...]
When the internet goes down…
.First of all, my internet is down this Friday morning, so I don’t know when my post will actually go up. If I were ahead of the game (coughs and stares at floor…) I would have finished this post yesterday and it would be already out in the blogoverse waiting to be published from The [...]
Amateur scientists…
I have friends with telescopes and I love the website APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day.*** The original pictures on the site were often NASA or JPL, but nowadays the pictures are just as often from non-NASA personnel, amateur photographers with their telescopes out chasing astronomical phenomena. They take some brilliant pictures. All the same, [...]
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