Daily Update: Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

Today is the third of three Minor Rogation Days in the Catholic Church. Today is the Optional Memorial of Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, Religious (died 1927). And today is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day and VE Day.

Daily Update: Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

Today is the second of three Minor Rogation Days in the Catholic Church, and the Optional Memorial of Saint Agathius, Martyr (died 304). On this date in 1718 the city of New Orleans, Louisiana was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville. Finally, today is the anniversary of when my mother died (1985).

Daily Update: Monday, May 6th, 2024

Last night at sunset began Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today is the first of three Minor Rogation Days in the Catholic Church and the Remembrance of Servant of God Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, Priest (died 1840). Today is the second day of the two-day Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower. 

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

This is a fascinating book, centered on the Los Angeles Public Library, founded in 1872, with seventy-two branches, and with the Central Library (the hub of the whole system) located in the Goodhue Building in downtown Los Angeles. The book also covers the 1986 fire at the Central Library, and the author’s exploration of libraries. I loved reading this book, as I have always loved books and libraries.

The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lilian Jackson Braun (Ebook)

This is the twenty-sixth book in the mystery series with Jim Qwilleran, former crime reporter and current philanthropist, newspaper columnist, and cat-wrangler for Koko (the Cat Who) and Yum Yum, who live with Qwilleran in Pickax City, four hundred miles north of everywhere. In this book the mysteries are fairly slight, but it is still a good book.

Daily Update: Sunday, May 5th, 2024

Today is the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Rogation Sunday) (Alleluia!). Today is the Midpoint of the Spring Season and the First Day of the two-day Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower. Today is Cinco de Mayo (¡Ole!), a holiday that is observed in Tex-Mex areas much more than in Mexico itself (usually with parties, and with an overabundance of cheap tequila). Today, being the day after Star Wars Day, is the Revenge of the Fifth. And today is the Fourth and Final Day of the Second Weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. At sunset tonight begins Yom haShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day.