The sunrise in Rome was at 6:41.
The sunset was at 19:44.
The “Ave Maria” rings in the 20:00 cycle.
There are 269 days left in this calendar year and it is Tuesday in the Octave of Easter.
Happy Easter!
I love this. We were talking about Nutella today at lunch, and about its special quality of getting on everything no matter how hard you try.
Honored to have traveled further than any spread in history ? Taking spreading smiles to new heights ?? pic.twitter.com/vDUJMi1qbS
— Nutella (@NutellaUSA) April 6, 2026
This is a sample of what we were eating…
Then, I had an errand in Trastevere. Poor ol’ Belli. He got so sharp that he has a restraining order now.
Look how black the dome of St. Peter’s is now. Wow.
This is a slipper of Bl. Pius IX. Full documentation. There is a project being developed for its care and its display along with other items of Pius IX, who was an active member of the Archconfraternity at The Parish™. He used to come and wash the feet of pilgrims.
People will a little bit of money they are hoping to put to a good cause, might drop me a line. I’m not sure how to do this yet (raise some money to help with the cost) but I have an idea along the lines of what we did for vestments. More about this 2nd class relic along the way.
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Black to move and mate in 4.
[NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.]
In chessy news, the Candidates is on but I’ve been too busy to follow. It seems the young Uzbeki Javokhir Sindarov is in sole lead. Also, there is a Fisher Random tourney going on in Germany with mobs of players, but also some top rated super grand masters such as Carlson, Nepo and Keymer.
And speaking of the Moon mission….
NASA's Artemis II just released the first photo of the far side pic.twitter.com/AIa9GNUNkk
— Miss Ally (@MissAlly_01) April 7, 2026
ADDENDUM
Remember how, during COVID Theatre, at the behest of a reader that I recite all of Shakespeare’s Sonnets on Twitter because Sir Patrick Stewart was doing it? Well, I did it. I recited all of them and some other poems as well. Now I see this.
It gives me great pleasure to share that “Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare” is available now! If you followed my Sonnet-A-Day pandemic series, you’ll know the inspiration behind this project and the wonderful community that brought this to… pic.twitter.com/AWl997mPAc
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) April 7, 2026
Frankly, my renderings and comments were better than quite a few of Sir Patrick’s back then. Surely his new versions will be quite good.
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