Brushes with Blackness, 1
All of us who are white in America were born into a country steeped in racism. Even for those of …
Category Archives: Culture
Music to Comfort & Inspire
Friends on Facebook shared these two music videos with me recently. I loved them so much I had to share …
Joy and Grief and Everything in Between
I don’t know if it has anything to do with Covid-19, all these mixed emotions that swell and rage and …
“Love is a Language Few Practice, But All Speak”
Unreast in Baton Rouge By Traci K. Smith after the photo by Jonathan Bachman Our …
Chaos Can Take a Hike
I wrote the following post For Love of Chaos in August three years ago, when I had my little three …
The Roman Forum, An Ancient Relic Then & Now
The Roman Forum lies right behind the Colosseum, that I wrote about last week. It is the great plaza where …
Ancient Relic of Rome – The Colosseum, Now & Then
It seems so far away now, and long ago, that trip to Europe last summer. Even more so when re-viewing …
Michelangelo’s Pieta & Saint Peter’s Basilica
I have always been drawn to and moved by images of Michelangelo’s Pieta, his sculpture of the Mother Mary holding …
Religious Art, Old and New at the Vatican
Visiting the Vatican Museums while in Rome is a must if you love art and history. The vast richness and …
A Taste of Rome, The Eternal City
The last place we visited on our 30-day tour of Europe last year was Rome, the Eternal City. We only …
