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4 August, Feast Day of Saint Sithney, Friend of Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Today is the Feast Day of St. Sithney, a rather mysoginistic character. As the Patron Saints Index informs us, “A Breton legend says that God chose Sithney to be the patron of girls seeking husb… more →
All the Saints of the City of the Angels
4 August, Feast Day of Saint Sithney, Friend of Mad Dogs and Englishmen
jmichaelwalker wrote 4 months ago: Today is the Feast Day of St. Sithney, a rather mysoginistic character. As the Patron Saints Index i … more →
15 July - Feast of St. Swithin and Our 32nd Anniversary
jmichaelwalker wrote 4 months ago: St. Swithin, stained glass Today is the feast day of many saints – the big web calendar of sai … more →
13 July - Feast Day of Blessed Jacobus of Voragine, Author of the Golden Legend
jmichaelwalker wrote 4 months ago: St. Christopher, Guardian of Safe Journeys, from Jacobus' Golden Legend Hard to imagine the hist … more →
12 July - Feast Day of Saint Veronica
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jmichaelwalker wrote 4 months ago: Today’s issue of the New York Times Travel section has a short but not so sweet piece on our L … more →
19 January - the Feast Day of St. Gudule and Martin Luther King
jmichaelwalker wrote 10 months ago: Saint Gudule, it is said, carried a lighted candle to church each visit. The devil repeatedly blew o … more →
18 Jan 09 - Feast Day of the Chair of Saint Peter
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jmichaelwalker wrote 10 months ago: How did we ever get to this place, this moment, this shared bit of civilized pavement where we meet … more →
The Feast Day of Saint Reinhold and the Passing of Robert Graham
jmichaelwalker wrote 10 months ago: From what I knew of the man, Robert Graham would have enjoyed this little tale. Saint Reinhold was … more →
11 Jan 09 - Feast Day of St. Peter of Alexandria, from whom San Pedro Bay Derives
jmichaelwalker wrote 10 months ago: What with the recent spate of dour local arts news – downsizing, near bankruptcy, layoffs, and cance … more →
21 October - Feast Day of Saint Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins
jmichaelwalker wrote 1 year ago: Today I learned that someone close to me was raped this week. I’m sorry. Let me repeat that, … more →
25 September - Feast Day of Saints Eusubius, Peregrinus, Vincent, and Pontian
jmichaelwalker wrote 1 year ago: Little more is known of today’s second-century saints than the manner of their dying: “s … more →
15 September - Feast Day of Our Lady of Sorrows
jmichaelwalker wrote 1 year ago: detail of Santa Maria Road Sometimes a story will arrive to fill a void. From the beginning of my ti … more →
04 September - Feast Day of Santa Rosalia (la Santuzza)
jmichaelwalker wrote 1 year ago: Santa Rosalia Interceding on Behalf of Plague-Stricken Palermo, painting by Anthony Van Dyck There … more →
1 September - Feast Day of Good Saint Giles
jmichaelwalker wrote 1 year ago: a sweet little prayer left at my exhibit It’s a pity there are no streets named for Saint Gile … more →
30 August - Feast Day of St. Fiacre, the Misogynist
jmichaelwalker wrote 1 year ago: My muse for my Santa Ynez painting The fall of 2000, when I began the rich journey through the soul … more →
28 August - Feast Day of St. Augustine, son of Santa Monica
jmichaelwalker wrote 1 year ago: Detail of my painting for Santa Monica Boulevard, All the Saints Today is the feast day of St. Augus … more →
23 August - Feast Day of Santa Rosa de Lima
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jmichaelwalker wrote 1 year ago: Santa Rosa de Lima, color pencil/paper, 1994 Yesterday morning I went out into our garden, my mind p … more →
20 August - Feast Day of St. Oswin, Murdered Saint
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jmichaelwalker wrote 1 year ago: Me Voy Pa el Pueblo, Going to the Village, color pencil/paper, 1980s Sadly, apologetically, this pos … more →
18 August - Feast Day of Santa Elena (St. Helen), part ii
jmichaelwalker wrote 1 year ago: Detail, my portrait of Saint Helen, from All the Saints Saint Helen is a fascinating character to co … more →
17 August - Feast Day of San Jacinto (Saint Hyacinth)
jmichaelwalker wrote 1 year ago: San Jacinto, by J Michael Walker, color pencil/paper What can I say; I have a particular fondness fo … more →
