On this Feast of St. John Paul II the sunrise over his former See was at 07:28.
The sun set with lovely colors at 18:20.
Ave Maria would have been at 18:30 for the Curia… according their calendar.
Colors. This is the time of year here for lovely light in the evenings. There is a glow that’s hard to catch with a camera.
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I’ve been out a couple of times with friends who are in town, meeting some new priests as well. Some of the dishes…
This pasta has, clearly, tomato, but also salmon and pistachios.
I went away from the place’s strengths to try something I’ve not had for a while… nope. Not again. Cotoletta alla milanese. Way too breaded and with parmigiana. Nope nope nope.
Fried anchovies. Yes yes yes,
Octopus salad
Walking about today I ran into the neighborhood cockatoo, named Coco.
She makes quite a racket when she wants to.
This was across from my realtor where I had an appointment to get my place renewed for a while and pay some utility bills etc.
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Sights in the parish. We don’t waste anything.
And there’s this…
A bet this was a common request https://t.co/AIqFLL7x5p
— MedievalistMatt (@medievalistmatt) October 22, 2026
Finally
J.R.R Tolkien also translated the Hail Mary, the Our Father and parts of the Litany of Loreto into Elvish. https://t.co/ivVngslPec
— Trad West (@trad_west_) October 22, 2026
White to more. 4.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Brian64 on 21 Oct – St Gaspar del Bufalo – “Hammer of Freemasons”: “And here I always thought Archbishop Bugnini was “Hammer of Freemasons”. Oh, he was “Hammer FOR Freemasons”.”
