A couple notes.
- First, one of you who follows the daily Mass stream from Saskatchewan… NB: your mailbox is full. You are missed.
- I have some additional photos of things my mother made. I had the pleasure of sending one back to her home state of Wyoming to a reader who bought a piece. HERE
- Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, and now also my late mother’s place. At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am grateful.
Bonus: From my back patio in Rome where my jasmine (not the Jesuit) is growing faster than my novel. Thanks for the update from The Great Roman™.
The other “Jasmine” would not be welcome at my patio.
I’ve been working on a novel… murder mystery set in Rome in 1769. I haven’t made progress recently. Maybe I need to change my modus operandi?
Ian Fleming’s typical day at his estate in Jamaica where he wrote all his James Bond stories, need to emulate this pic.twitter.com/d43RdMtS0U
— ol’ stocky ?? (@oldstocky) July 26, 2026
Speaking of books…. didn’t any mention “Memory Hole”. Even if 10% true… alarming.
?AI companies are bulk-buying rare books, scanning them through high-speed machines that cut the spines off, and shredding the originals. A service called ISBNdb facilitates orders of up to a million books and keeps buyers anonymous. Pre-2022 books are premium because they’re… pic.twitter.com/0YPd8N2oi5
— Hedgie (@HedgieMarkets) July 27, 2026
How should black proceed?
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Try this!
Sacerdos ad scaccos ludebat,
Dum ad Laudes orabat;
Cum regem cepisset,
Ac “Mattum!” dixisset,
Diabolus tristis fugiebat.
Not on Daily Rome Shot 1669 – important notes!: “Pat S, Talking my language. The character of Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the Wind was based on Margaret Mitchell’s…”
