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Peafowl “The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.” ~ William Blake ~ Driving through Coral Gables, Florida, Kate spotted three peahens! She quickly pulled over, and I jumped out of the car, hoping to photograph them – which I did. They were very aware of me; but none-the-less, allowed...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ A Game of Badminton by Maurice Denis So do you feel perhaps you have been underdressed, for badminton, all of these years? There is such a graceful airiness to this painting,...
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We Do Not Respect Women Worst Offenders – Men Who Call Themselves Christian “For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.” ~ Matthew 24:24 ~ “On Monday’s broadcast of Robertson’s television show ‘The 700 Club,’ he answered a question from a...
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Sun Studios I love when I come upon the unexpected View From the Road; which is exactly what happened while driving through Memphis. I spotted Sam Phillips, Sun Studio, which he opened in 1950, and where he went on to record the men and women who would lay the foundation in...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Idle Hours by H. Siddons Mowbray H. Siddons Mowbray is perhaps best known of his murals; but I am drawn to the serenity of Idle Hours, and oil on canvas, which is...
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Orchids of Latin America At the Smithsonian Rarely, do I plan to do something in particular, when going through Washington D.C., as car travel does not sit well with scheduling. There are always things I hope to do, but one never knows. On this specific day, we had hoped to take...
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California Sea Lions in San Francisco According to the Pier 39 website http://www.pier39.com/home/the-sea-lion-story/ the sea lions at Pier 39, moved into K-Dock, after an earthquake in October of 1989. Within a couple of months, they had made themselves as home, and invited their relatives to join the neighborhood. After much consideration, by those...
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Fairy Tales Sometimes – Al I want to do is run. Is that really so bad? So what if I do not want to be here anymore, or play their games – by their rules? There has to be something better. Doesn’t there? Give me back my fairy tales. Let...
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Skyline Chili I first encountered Skyline Chili in Florida, not Cincinnati, Ohio, from which it hails; it took a good long while to be motivated sufficiently to try spaghetti with chili, a quirky, regional specialty, which is actually rather tasty and an experience worth having. We happened to find ourselves in...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Washington D.C. “In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression – everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God...
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