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Capsule
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Our lead picture, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, is a 1633 oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt van Rijn.
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Lead Picture (Story below in Thumbnail)
Sunday, September 29, 2019
The painting depicts the miracle of Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee, specifically as it is described in the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Mark.
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Commentary
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Not earthshaking.
Noteworthy, however.
File it away for comparison against some future event.
Or simply accidental, not to reoccur except by extraordinary coincidence, let it go.
Delicious brunch.
Good wine.
Slight buzz.
Nap time.
Wake. Rolling over for position to get up.
Too close to edge of bed.
Fall.
Not a long fall.
Not Niagara or the Empire State.
Not even ten feet, the mattress about 42” off floor.
And onto a carpeted floo: soft.
But a whiplash crack: head against bedside table.
Not skull-cracking,
Nor blood-drawing.
But not something one might do the fun of it.
Noteworthy.
Definitely a too-robust wake-up call.
Pull myself slowly to my feet, thinking.
Getting older.
This an accident?
Or a harbinger?
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Friday’s Dinner posted on
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Finished off the Chinese food today.
Very good.
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Chuckle of the day:
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Why do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
Like "fat chance" and "slim chance.”
Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?
Like "overlook" and "oversee."
And why are they called " stands" when they are made for sitting?
Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
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A “Hey, Dom!” video.
Sunday, September 29, 2019
And the dog said ‘woof’ (60 seconds)
A dad walks his nine-month-old and an encounter with a dog leads to a milestone in communication
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
This from Sally C:
What's a "whack," you ask? A knick-knack, Paddy. Obviously.
Your T story reminds me of a little incident that I got wrapped up in, in 2015 during that monstrous snow winter we had. I usually drove to work in Allston, but I was taking a night class at Emerson College, so would take the Orange line in on those days and catch the work shuttle to and fro.
One morning, we commuters waited patiently (about half an hour) for the T maintenance to chip the ice off the tracks or something, most of us dozing if not lost in our cell phones. Finally we began to move. A couple of stops later, a man boarded, singing lustily in a language I did not know, but I was just tired enough to stare at him, mouth hanging open, utterly fascinated. At the next stop, another man got on, singing just as lustily, but in a whole 'nother language and tune. But the two songs really blended together.
So there was my chin, dragging on my chest, and my eyes bugging out with astonishment. Two stops later, the second man departed. One stop later, the first man got off. I was so taken with him that I followed him, as if he were the Pied Piper of the MBTA. I didn't even notice until I exited through the turnstile that this wasn't my stop!
But it was worth the extra fare to have enjoyed such an experience during the worst winter in recent history. Those fellows realy knew how to sing.
Web Meister’s Response: Love your anecdotes, Sally.
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Today’s Thumbnail
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Our lead picture, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, is a 1633 oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt van Rijn.
The painting depicts the miracle of Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee, specifically as it is described in the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Mark.
It is Rembrandt's only seascape.
The work was previously in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, but on the morning of March 18, 1990, two thieves disguised as police officers broke into the museum and stole the painting and twelve other works in what is considered to be the biggest art theft in U.S. history.
The museum still displays the paintings' empty frames in their original locations and the heist remains unsolved.
In 2013, the FBI announced that they knew who was responsible for the crime.
Criminal analysis has suggested that the heist was committed by an organized crime group. There have been no conclusions made public, as the investigation is ongoing.
The frame which once held Rembrandt's The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633)
Federal Bureau of Investigation - https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/march/reward-offered-for-return-of-stolen-gardner-museum-artwork/reward-offered-for-return-of-stolen-gardner-museum-artwork
An empty frame remains where The Storm on the Sea of Galilee was once displayed. Picture provided by the FBI showing the empty frames for missing paintings after the theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Acknowledgements
Sunday, September 29, 2019
A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924
Thanks to Sally C for her flow of comments.
And to the Jokes Warehouse for the chuckle today.
Thanks to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.
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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GoodMorning
Sunday, September 29, 2019
My bag’s too small for the Rembrandt.
But just right for the Goldfinch.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your Taeyeon