Montmartre, Paris

Montmartre, Paris

Ponemah. Ojibwe. Photo by Roland W. Reed. 1908.

Ponemah. Ojibwe. Photo by Roland W. Reed. 1908.

Doresti un mar Romanesc agățat si astupat cu caciulita din zapada ?

Doresti un mar Romanesc agățat si astupat cu caciulita din zapada ?

Quotation : „Femeia este sufletul bărbatului, lumina care îl călăuzeşte .” — Miguel de Cervantes

Meraviglioso dettaglio della Primavera di Botticelli : Flora

Meraviglioso dettaglio della Primavera di Botticelli : Flora

Bologna: wow!

Pequot Light House, Connecticut Coastby Robert Henri

Pequot Light House, Connecticut Coast

by Robert Henri  

Born: 24 June 1865; Cincinnati, Ohio, United States 

Died: 12 July 1929; New York City, New York, United States 

Date: 1902 

American Realism

private collection

Today’s Holiday:Equal Opportunity Day

Today’s Holiday:
Equal Opportunity Day
At the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in southern Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. This 270-word speech is considered one of the greatest in American history. Equal Opportunity Day is observed at Gettysburg National Cemetery each year, where ceremonies commemorating Lincoln’s address are held under the sponsorship of the Sons of Union Veterans and the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania. Sometimes, this day is referred to as “Gettysburg Address Day.”: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Today’s Birthday:Anna Seghers (1900)

Today’s Birthday:
Anna Seghers (1900)
Born Netty Reiling, Seghers was a German novelist. She won fame with her first novel of social protest, The Revolt of the Fishermen, but in 1933 she was forced to leave Germany. In Mexico, she wrote The Seventh Cross, a poignant story of escape from a concentration camp. Other works include Transit and a study of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. After World War II she settled in East Berlin. Who starred in the film version of The Seventh Cross in 1944?: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

This Day in History:Apollo 12 Lands on the Moon (1969)

This Day in History:
Apollo 12 Lands on the Moon (1969)
In 1969, four months after the Apollo 11 mission culminated with the first moonwalk, Apollo 12 returned to the Moon with astronauts Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, and Richard Gordon. The craft touched down on the Ocean of Storms near the Surveyor 3 probe, which had landed there in 1967, and Conrad and Bean walked to the probe to remove some of its instruments to take back to Earth for study. What were Conrad’s first words when he set foot on the lunar surface?: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Quote of the Day:Jane Austen

Quote of the Day:
Jane Austen
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Article of the Day:Howard Baskerville

Article of the Day:
Howard Baskerville
Baskerville was an American teacher and Presbyterian missionary who led a group of student soldiers against Mohammad Ali Shah during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution in the early 20th century. He is thus often referred to as the “American Lafayette in Iran”—a reference to the French military officer who participated in the American Revolution. He was shot and killed 9 days after his 24th birthday in 1909. What did Persian artisans create in recognition of his courage and sacrifice?: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Word of the Day:whitlow

Word of the Day:
whitlow
Definition: (noun) A purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail.
Synonyms: felon
Usage: What began as a small cut on his finger soon developed into a painful whitlow.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

BBC News: Mike Pence, VP-elect, booed at Hamilton musical

Mike Pence, VP-elect, booed at Hamilton musical – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38036872