Daily Update: Saturday, April 27th, 2024

Today is the Municipal General Election in Louisiana. And today is the Third Day of the First Weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

The Cat Who Went Up the Creek by Lilian Jackson Braun (Ebook)

Jim Qwilleran, former crime reporter and owner of a huge bushy mustache, has made it with the Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum to the twenty-fourth book in this mystery series. This book was a great addition to the series, and I enjoyed that the ending was not what I expected. (Although I will point out that I can be fooled by just about anything.)

Daily Update: Friday, April 26th, 2024

Today is the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Good Counsel and the Optional Memorial of Saint Cletus, Pope and Martyr (died c. 92). We note that today is National Arbor Day, and the second day of the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. 

Daily Update: Thursday, April 25th, 2024

Today is a Major Rogation Day in the Church; it is also the Feast of Saint Mark, Evangelist (died c. 68) and the Optional Memorial of Saint Pedro de San José Betancur, Founder (died 1667). And today is World Penguin Day, and the first day of the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. 

Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel

This is a biography of the Italian polymath Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642); his life is shown through documents and letters, but especially through the letters written to him by his eldest daughter, who was a nun in a cloistered convent. This was a very good book, and one that I very much was happy to read.

Daily Update: Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

Today is the Optional Memorial of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr (died 1622). And today is the forty-second anniversary of the Saturday in April 1982 when Richard and I met for the first time.