Elrond is a better person than me because I know I’d be insufferable

charlie vickers…. behave

A new mosaic by Korean artist Shim Soonhwa Inizialmente has been installed in the Vatican Gardens. It depicts Our Lady of Peace holding the Christ Child, and was blessed on September 20th in the presence of multiple Korean bishops.

The look of shock and embarrassment 😧😳 Staff at Runge Nature Center freed this juvenile broad-winged hawk that had several toes caught in the shell of a box turtle!

Happy FMA day for those who celebrate #FullmetalAlchemist

It's the same reason cousins shouldn't marry.

«I will not reject anyone who comes to me» The Resurrection begins with our approach to him in this life. Going to him means turning away from the logic of death, from its power, from its ways, conventions and conveniences, from that quiet desperation that leaves us defeated.

"So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And music shall untune the sky." Happy feast of St Cecelia! poemsancientandmodern.substack.com/p/todays-poem-…

O King of the Gentiles, yea, and desire thereof! O Corner-stone, that makest of two one, come to save man, whom Thou hast made out of the dust of the earth!

The Risk of Birth, 1973 by Madeleine L'Engle This is no time for a child to be born, With the earth betrayed by war & hate And a comet slashing the sky to warn That time runs out & the sun burns late. That was no time for a child to be born, In a land in the crushing grip of

“nobody even knows what the odyssey is about” um nobody is the main character?

My #ArtvsArtist2024 ♥ Here are a few of the oil paintings I created this year. Thank you for the support and encouragement from all of you here. I hope to keep working hard and learning, and I'm excited to see what the coming year has in store for my work!⁠ #artvsartist

A week ago, I sprained my ankle and couldn't walk for days. I'm used to hiking an hour a day with my huskies so not being able to walk at all was driving me crazy. And in my jittery sedimentary state, I kept getting visions of this blursed being: a biblically accurate #axolotl

Seattle friends! On February 8th I will be at the Doxacon Seattle convention, to participate in a writer's panel and also sell books at the vendor's table. (Yes, this IS your chance to lay hands on the UK edition of What Monstrous Gods!) doxaconseattle.com

Holy Saturday, 2025 -- Song of Songs 6:3, “I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine…” Where is the Lover of your soul? Where is the crown’ed King? We saw Him sealed ‘neath silent stone We heard Him cease to sing. 1/7

WaPo asked me for my hopes for the new papacy, so, in American terms for an American pope: Holy Father, TEAR DOWN THESE MOSAICS.

My Moon 🌙 and My Star⭐ Nothing beats the joy of seeing my floofs running across the beach 🌊 #huskies #dogs #art #beach #space