April 2022

Good Friday purple

My husband and I have been making some changes in our backyard. We decided to freshen up our shrine to the Blessed Mother. The grotto in which the statue of Mary has been housed needs some paint touch up. The outdoor lighting needs to be updated and the spent plants and weeds cleared. We wereContinue reading “Good Friday purple”

The sixth “sorrow” of Mary

This image of Michelangelo’s Pieta, painted by my older brother, has hung on the dining room wall in our parents’ home for several decades. All of our extended family gatherings included a meal at the table in that room, often with three generations present. (At a later point, my brother painted Moses as a giftContinue reading “The sixth “sorrow” of Mary”