Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis - Byzantine - The Metropolitan Museum of Art *** Postcard Story - Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis - Byzantine - 500-550, with Modern Restoration *** Third Granddaughter – 02/23/26 …and with prom night two...
When I Open the Kitchen Curtains, I So Enjoy Watching the Golden Sunlight Play upon the Hills - Sunday, April 26, 2026 *** In the morning, but especially on Sunday, when I open the kitchen curtains, I so enjoy watching the golden sunlight play upon and bathe the hills to the north of us in a...
*** Book Review: Auschwitz: A New History - Lawrence Rees - Published in Britain by BBC Books, 2005 - Published in the United States by PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group. AUSHWITZ: A New History, is the companion book to the major 6-hour documentary co-produced by the BBC and...
*** Marie Denise Villers - Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes (1786–1868) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art *** Postcard Story – Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes (1786–1868) – Marie Denise Villers – 1801 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art *** Second Granddaughter – 02/23/26 … and when I...
Russia's Good Friday Message to Kyiv, My Easter Greetings to Friends in Ukraine, & A Response of Sorts Пасхальне послання Росії до Києва, мої великодні вітання друзям в Україні та своєрідна відповідь *** Introduction - Вступ On Saturday, April 4, Holy Saturday, the day before Easter, I sent...
An Art Musing - A Thanksgiving Portrait of a Grandson in Yellow *** This photo I cherish, taken more than a decade ago, was a quick snapshot of one of my young grandsons I just happened to glance at as I was taking photos of the rest of the room crowded with family for Thanksgiving. For there, in...
*** I Saw that Same Golden Sunlight Again Illuminating the Table Just About a Week Ago. & That for Me, the Rhythms and Certainty of Equinoxes and Solstices, of the Sun Rising and Setting - and the Calm Beauty of the Sunlight Each Morning Spreading Over the Hills North of Us - Are...
Thomas Eakins - The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull) - American - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Postcard Story – The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull) – Thomas Eakins -1871 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Oldest Grandson – 12/30/25 He, the champion was...