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.
I’ve never tried it before, but that octopus actually looks pretty good!
And that is just indescribably cool that we have those prayers translated into Elvish by the man himself.
1. N-g6+
If . . . . . . . K-f7
2. R-e7+ . K-g8
3. Q×g7#
So . . . . . . K-g8
2. Q-h8+ . K-f7
3. R-e7+ . K×g8
4. R×g7#
What waalaw said, except on move 3 it’s Kxg6. There is no piece on g8.
Thank you, pestolover.
I made sure that my solution was correct before posting it; but, as is my fatal flaw, I did not check my notation. Thus a tragedy.