Behold my photo of Santa Fe’s Loretto Chapel, where we attended Pro Musica’s annual Baroque Christmas Concert the other night.  The chapel was built by the Sisters of Loretto, who came to Santa Fe in the 1850s and ran an orphanage and hospital until 1968, after which the chapel was de-sanctified and is now a […]

So the National Defense Authorization of 2012 has passed, aided by the lobbying efforts of defense contractors such as Honeywell and Bluewater Defense, who are no doubt looking forward to being paid billions for building LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of prisons and torture chambers. The bill passed on December 15, which happens to be […]

Here’s another picture from our 2012 calendar.  This is the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th Century AD. I’d say it’s holding up pretty well. The photo gives you an idea why the Turks call the cistern the “Sunken Palace.”   It’s the size of a cathedral, with the […]

Once again, by way of sharing our adventures with our friends, we’ve published a calendar. This one, interestingly enough, is for 2012.  Why, that’s next year! You’ll probably need a calendar for that.  You might as well have this one. Once again, I make no money from this.  I just make calendars out of the […]