On this First Friday of June the sun broke the plain at 5:33.
Not that long ago as I write, it sank again below at 20:44.
The Ave Maria Bell is in the 21:00 cycle still. But we know the truth.
Happy Feast of St. Boniface.
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What excitement was there today?
In no specific order of excitement…
I wrote my weekly piece for One Peter Five.
I got a haircut.
I did laundry.
I started my apartment shut down process.
I sweated through my vestments during Mass.
I had a “caprese” for lunch.
I did my language lessons and chess exercises.
White to move. Mate in 4.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
As we age God gives us these simple days to breathe and reflex.
White to move and mate in 4.
1) R1f7+ Kh6 forced
2) Rxh7+ KxRh7 forced
3) Qg8+ Kh6 forced
4) Qh8#
I can do the easy problems :)
1. Rf7+ Kh6
2. Rxh7+ KxR
3. Qg8+ Kh6
4. Qh8#
f1-f7 check, K-h6
RxP check, KxR
Q-g8 check, K-h6
Q-h8 mate
I found myself wondering if St. Boniface’s Latin riddles – which I have not yet read – are something Tolkien plays with, or draws on, in any way (e.g., I read a description which makes them sound psychomachia-related and there’s that remark of Tolkien to his son, Christopher, while working on The Lord of the Rings, about how romance is indebted to psychomachia).