Let’s continue for today with sunrise and sunset in Rome, which respectively are 5:32 and 20:47.
Today, however, the Ave Maria cycle for the Curial ringing of the Ave Maria Bell has shifted into the 21:15 cycle.
But you all know what time it should ring according to the actual setting of the sun.
Don’t you.
And if you don’t, there’s the great APP.
Welcome Registrant:
Cristo3g
My trips to and through Brooklyn will normally involve one big Chinese meal. We over-ordered and brought goodies home.
We started and finished with

Then came the soup dumplings. Always good. Not the very best I’ve ever had, but quite good.

Because… veg…. right?

Wok seared cabbage and porkbelly.

Shrimp in garlic sauce.

Crispy shredded beef.

Working our way through the menu, peditemptim.

White 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.






















1. R-h8+ . . K-g6
2. R-h6+
If . . . . . . . g7×h6
3. Q-g8#
So . . . . . . . K×h6
3. Q-h8+ . . K-g6 or K-g5
4. Q-h5#
All the while avoiding Black’s Q-h1#
1. Rh8+ Kg6
2. Rxh6+ KxR
3. Qh8+ Kg6
4. Qh5#
Or
1. Rh8+ Kg6
2. Rxh6+ g7xR
3. Qg8#
Father, either these problems are easy, or I am getting my old skills back after decades of not playing. :)
As one who loves Chinese more than the rest of my family (for the most part), I love finding good Asian haunts to frequent. For those times I travel, I seek them out. Father, can you share the name of this delicacy-driven restaurant in case I’m ever in Brooklyn again? Although with Mamdani, the likelihood has dropped some to e honest. My grandmother grew up in Brooklyn (great pizza!) and my Civil war veteran great grandfather helped build the Brooklyn bridge.
I salivate every time I see your food pictures – it is like I’m reading a gourmet blog!