Palm Sunday 2025 PINNEDToday is Palm Sunday. With Tomás Luis de Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories (his so-called Darkness Responses) and more specifically the Aestimatus sum (literally 'be appreciated') in the Holy Saturday morning hymns sung by the Westminster Cathedral... See More » (1)
General Mattis and the importance of reading PINNEDBefore going to Iraq in 2004, General James Mattis replied by email to a colleague who commented that he was too busy to read: [Dear, “Bill”] The problem with being too busy to read is that you learn by experience (or by your men’s experience),... See More »
Book to share - January 2025 PINNEDThe Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India (2019) It's a truly remarkable book that masterfully combines history and story telling, giving us the recount of how the East India company, a private trading firm, took control of the entire... See More » (2)
Book to share - November 2024 PINNEDHoly Spirit: A Biblical Study (1977) by Michael Ramsey About the same time when I was growing up as a child Michael Ramsey as the retired 100th Archbishop of Canterbury was writing down his thoughts down about the Holy Spirit in pen on paper. It's... See More » (1)
Peekaboo moment in art - 7Oude man bij het raam (1653) by Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627-1678) (1)
Peekaboo moment in art - 6L’impatien (The Impatient, or Impatience) by Andrea Landini (1847-1912) (1)
Peekaboo moment in art - 5The Nightmare (1781) by Johann Heinrich Füssli, better know as Henry Fuseli (1)
ChateaubriandLook up the greatest reads ever today and than you'll still find 'Memoirs From Beyond the Grave' by François-Auguste-René (vicomte) de Chateaubriand amongst them. He was once not only a famous French author and diplomat, but also the one of the very... See More » (1)
The young romantic BeethovenTender Love (1795) was a love song written by the young composer when he was only 25 years old. Although that's about two thirds into a human being's life before the Modern Age, it's nevertheless remarkable for it was also only nine years before... See More » (2)
From great speeches of the past (2)Shortly after the president Nixon's resignation on August 9th, 1974, members of his staff assembled in the White House for a farewell. In his remarkable impromptu speech Nixon told them and us all at the time: " ... Now, however, we look to the... See More »
Peekaboo moment in art - 4The Tempest (La Tempesta) by Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco (between 1506 and 1508) (1)
Don't forget for midnight tonightLast minute shopping before New Year's Eve. TikTokers swear by a special kind of Spanish New Year’s tradition. Known as “uvas de la suerte” – which translates to grapes of luck – an age-old tradition has found a new audience online. After having... See More » (1)
Peekaboo moment in art - 3The Matchmaker or The Procuress (De Koppelaarster) by Gerrit van Honthorst (1625) (1)
Looking forwardEver forgiving God, President Carter has departed from us and New Year is approaching. Perhaps time to take stock of what's been happening recently? I sense that the topic should be about not hating each other. Not for the sake of the politics or the... See More » (1)
Peekaboo moment in art - 1Moonlit night (Maanverlichte nacht) by Anton Pieck (1940) surprised me today (1)
Blond Europe (when they're not grey yet)Good map on finding the most blonds in the European countries. Just don't take it too seriously! (1)
What are Canadians like?The first is the building most photographed in Canada, and the second certainty not (2)
Why do people dislike?Stay yourself is voiced all over the place, but there's never been as much hatred for the other than today. Well, I experience it daily and I've only lived for over half a century. No, we tend to let it change us and that's wrong. Staying your good... See More » (1)
Love and desireLove is about feeling security, having stability and safety, being known, valued, respected or protected, being a couple and having togetherness. Whereas Desire is about feeling passion, having fascination and yearning, being wanted, taken, devoured... See More » (1)
Still an example to followA picture tells much more than one thousand words. It's a well know saying but today I found this out for myself concerning the actual hot potato of racism, cultural injustice, etc. In this picture below of 1904 American writer Samuel Clemens posed... See More » (1)
Enduring loveTrue love is an extremely precious emotion and a depiction of that sentiment remains sometimes very elusive. At the Cimetière de Laeken in Brussels though there's a mausoleum that draws attention to this most deeply felt human emotion once a year.... See More » (1)
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