In Giotto’s depiction of the Flight into Egypt, the Italian Medieval Master shows the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child riding sidesaddle like a Queen and heir apparent in a royal procession. This image and countless like it down the centuries mask the grim reality of the story in the Gosp...
“You know she saved your life, young fella,” said the nurse, simply. “Tell!” I rasped. (Actually, I meant to say “Tell me!” but the second word did not come.) The nurse looked uncertain about this. Would she get into trouble for telling me what she had seen or heard?
Some great gifted painter, or some poet or musician, may make something more of them if he likes; what I have given here are only hasty sketches, hurriedly put upon the paper, with some of my own thoughts, interspersed; for the Moon did not come to me every evening— a cloud sometimes...
at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!' I looked at my watch. It
How much did it cost to build a medieval castle? What is the Borobudur temple used for? How big is the Neuschwanstein castle? How were ziggurats used? What was the importance of the fief in feudalism? What were the duties of a lord in medieval times? What were houses made of in the ...
12What she did was to pour this perfume on my body to get me ready for burial. 13Now, I assure you that wherever this gospel is preached all over the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus (Mk 14.10–11; Lk 22.3–6) 14Then one...
Over the years I’ve found music in a lot of interesting places, but I’ll always remember the way I discovered Color of Clouds. We’d all like to be famous. A few months ago, I plugged my name, , into Google to see how many hits popped up. Sadly, I did not top the list, ...
sets, a curtain of quiet comes down and it’s hard to tell whether you are 500 feet from 50 people, 5 people, or no one at all. Today (well, yesterday) was such a good day. My little family took a long walk in the woods. My kid had a violin lesson in which it was clear ...
In so doing, you will be metaphorically pulling back the curtain ofThe Wizard of Ozand come upon the serendipitous realization that what you perceived to be a BIG SCARY problem staring you in the face is no longer the case, as the reality of understanding how to resolve it now becomes cry...
into seven functional areas, namely the entrance plaza and Yanzhao Park. From the East Gate into the Garden Expo Park, the east side of the main entrance square is an artificial lake. There is a giant fountain in the lake. The high water column can be used to play water curtain movies....