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When Mum and Dad passed away last year, I found this letter in their bedroom. I’m pretty sure it kick-started their 60 year relationship - Mum was clearly besotted.

Alfred Eisenstaedt #photography Premiere at La Scala, Milan, 1933

Vincent van Gogh

Meanwhile, Happy Spring Equinox.

Last night's aurora over Dunluce Castle 20/3/26 22:15 UTC

💙💛 Today in class, my students and I decided to host an art show at the end of the school year to raise money for Ukraine! They got to work right away. Our first project was painting the Ukrainian tryzub. What do you all think? Keep in mind: some of them are only 5 years old!

“I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star. I tell you: you have still chaos in you.” ―Friedrich Nietzsche

Prague today 💪 🇨🇿🇪🇺

Anne Marie Oppici

Montreuil, 1947, Ina Bandy 📸

Tavoik Frantisek

🤯 WOW: Lithuanian basketball rivals unite to chant support for Ukraine. Fans of Žalgiris and Rytas stunned the arena, pausing their feud to chant Ukrainian slogans in a massive show of solidarity.

“Figure with Bird Mask”, (Mayan 550-900 AD). Chiapas, Mexico.

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.” —Henry David Thoreau, Walden

I’m hopeful. As my father said, “Hope is the final refusal to give up.”