I’m a material girl…
This year, like every year (at least since the inception of Youtube) we have all been lucky enough to witness the madness that is Black Friday. This joyful event is...
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A Medieval Where’s Waldo?
While at the Prado in Madrid, I was fortunate to see works by one of my favourite painters, Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Most notably, I saw The Wine of St. Martin’s Day...
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Blessed are the Pure in Heart . . .
… For they shall see God. When Dante visits Heaven (in Paradisio), his guide is, most appropriately, Beatrice. Her name reflects what is known in theology as...
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Wine, Place, and Pilgrimage
I spent the last three weeks of September in Northern Spain, walking sections of the Camino de Santiago and drinking Spanish wine. Spain, like France, has instituted a...
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In vino veritas
This week, I had the delicious pleasure of re-watching Dr. Strangelove, and reading Roger Scruton’s I Drink Therefore I Am. Scruton opens his book on philosophy and...
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