I enjoyed perusing the online art collection from the Freer Art Gallery in DC the other day. It is called the Arthur Sackler, etc, etc, something or other, but it was the Freer fifty years ago. It is actually part of the Smithsonian so that's where you find the public domain pictures. The rules for [...]
My physical therapy is causing an intense struggle between my left leg and my right. It’s not … pleasant. However, the saint for today has a story that reminds me how easy my life really is. October 3 is the feast day of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. That is such a mouthful of a name [...]
Since it is the Feast of Saint Jerome, and I found the most amazing picture back in August, I'm putting it up here again. It's from a museum in Vienna, painted by Rubens, Saint Jerome in the Vestments of a Cardinal Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie Room XIII This picture is rare in that an art historian friend says [...]
I delight in autumn. At least when it’s not raining for three days and being totally gloomy. A little rain is good to keep the dust from decaying leaves down on the ground where it can do some good. It’s not nourishing the soil when it is making me sneeze! I appreciate the produce that [...]
I went to a memorial service Monday for a woman who lived an amazing life and died at 103 years old. All by itself, that is astonishing. The memorial was lovely, the reception that followed was also very sweet, and I saw people that I haven’t seen for years. The event was being held in [...]
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