07:13 was the time for the sun to evolve over the eastern horizon and at 18:42 it shall again devolve.
The Ave Maria should ring at 19:00 (though by the strictly solar reckoning I suppose it would be at 19:12).
Thank you, O Lord, for this day.
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I was out with a couple of lawyer friends last night, in Rome for different motives and who didn’t know each other. However, my Marvel super-power is networking. I wonder if this new connection will bear mutual fruits. We are meeting for supper again tonight.
Last night, however, these were the appetizers. Little fried anchovies.
Bruschetta with artichoke. It’s “broo-SKETT-ah” not “broo-shett-ah”.
We had a lovely Sicilian box wine, remarked by one of my dining companions:
C’mon… that was funny.
In churchy news…
Card. Pizzaballa, Patriarch of Jerusalem and quite papabile, composed a prayer for peace. Yesterday was the anniversary of the terroristic attacks on Israel. It was also the anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto. Get it?
Didn’t Pizzaballa offer to exchange himself for hostages?
This morning after celebrating St. Bridget of Sweden, I walked past her little (locked up) church at the P.za Farnese. Little did I know that soon I would fire up Twitter and see this lovely illumation HERE. In the Morgan Library, from Naples, end of the 14th c.
There’s a lot going on in there.
In chessy news… HERE
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In London, the Alpine SG Pipers end PBG Alaskan Knights’ unbeaten streak. It’s an interesting event, but too hard to describe. So I won’t.
Yesterday I worked for while on the English and Reti.
Interim, motus ad lusorem cum militibus albis pertinent. Scaccus mattus, scilicet mors regis, quattuor in motis veniat.
NB: Detineam explicationes in crastinum, ne vestrae interrumpantur commentationes.
As a Sicilian…Love the wine. Grappa good too.
Last night Chris Salcedo on Newsmax spoke of the Battle of Lepanto and how Our Lady and the Rosary saved the world.
When we were in Italy some years ago we quickly realized the correct pronunciation of bruschetta was “broo-SKETT-ah”. One evening my daughter was ordering her dinner choices and she asked for “broo-SKETT-ah” not “broo-shett-ah”. The waiter looked at her and said you mean “broo-shett-ah”?
She was confused momentarily but managed to mumble a yes. Never figured that one out as the waiter appeared to be Italian (we were in a small trattoria).
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