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Capsule (Full commentary found immediately below Lead Picture):
Monday, August 12, 2019
Can we use the naturalness of these processes to help us cope with passing, our own or others?
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Lead Picture (Story below in Thumbnail section)
Monday, August 12, 2019
The Elder Sister is an oil-on-canvas painting by French academic artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau, produced in 1869.
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Commentary
Monday, August 12, 2019
Walking through the Boston Common last night at sunset, I noted two parallel phenomena.
One was that I was walking a lot slower than I did ten years ago.
The body slowing. Aging. Naturally.
The other was that the night was falling noticeably faster now than just several weeks ago.
The seasons changing. Naturally.
Can we use the naturalness of these processes to help us cope with passing, our own or others?
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News re: existentialautotrip
Monday, August 12, 2019
This is our 493rd posting. Hoping to sail through to #5,000 and then reassess.
Note that our goal is to publish each day’s post the evening before, at 6.00pm.
But we always publish by 6.00am of the day due.
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“Hey, Dom!” videos
This one posted Monday 12, 2019
The Chihuahua and the Gorilla
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Saturday’s Dinner posted on
Monday, August 12, 2019
Today was a Roast Pork.
Slow-roasted for 55minutes per pound and finished with a 15 minutes oven crank to 475*
We used flavored-butter over the pork slices.
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We love getting mail.
Contact me at domcapossela@hotmail.com
Monday, August 12, 2019
These several from responders re: the appearance of the “Hey, Dom!” videos on the blog.
Kali L:
I loved your video! You made me laugh! Great work!
Ann H:
Love it!
Xo
And others:
Cute.
Overdue.
Will spruce up the blog.
Web Meister responds: Very excited from response. Thank you.
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Chuckle of the Day:
Monday, August 12, 2019
I’m a Nihilist.
But does it really matter?
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Today’s Thumbnail
Monday, August 12, 2019
The lead painting, The Elder Sister, William Bouguereau, shows a girl (the "elder sister") sitting on a rock and holding a sleeping baby on her lap, with a quiet rural landscape behind them.
For this scene, Bouguereau's daughter Henriette and son Paul served as models.
Bouguereau used great care and attention in drawing the children's features and the positioning of their bodies, giving them an idyllic look.
The girl's eyes look directly at the viewer and both children are shown with immaculate clothing.
The painting is now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was a French academic painter.
In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body.
During his life he enjoyed significant popularity in France and the United States, was given numerous official honors, and received top prices for his work.
As the quintessential salon painter of his generation, he was reviled by the Impressionist avant-garde.
By the early twentieth century, Bouguereau and his art fell out of favor with the public, due in part to changing tastes.
In the 1980s, a revival of interest in figure painting led to a rediscovery of Bouguereau and his work.
Throughout the course of his life, Bouguereau executed 822 known finished paintings, although the whereabouts of many are still unknown.
A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924
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Acknowledgements
Monday, August 12, 2019
Thanks to Howard D for sharing detailed, professional thoughts on the video production.
And to Kali L and Ann H for their very quick responses to the videos, and to all of our dear friends who wrote in or spoke to me in person.
And to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.
And to 61+ jokes for providing the material for today’s chuckle.
Always thanks to Wikipedia, the Lead and the Thumbnail sections of the Blog very often shaped from stories taken from that amazing website. They are truly worthy of public support.
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Good Morning on this Monday, the twelfth day of August, 2019
I make sure I eat from across the spectrum: nuts, seeds, grains, etc.
Carry them with me for snacking.
Stay twenty-one.
Never get old, like twenty-five.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your love.