Tuesday, April 30, 2024

HOUSE

House
Manor
Mansion
Casa
Дом


Acts 16:32
“And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.”


 


 

 


 

Chess: "House" "Manor" "Mansion" "Casa" "Дом"

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square
Washington Square
Valparaíso
 CAMILA CABELLO

Philippians 1:3
“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 May be an image of the Brandenburg Gate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Camila Cabello


Chess: "Trafalgar Square" "Washington Square" "Valparaíso"

Monday, April 29, 2024

KING OF KINGS

King of Kings
Exodus
Crossing the Red Sea 

John 14:2
“In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Chess: "King of kings" "Exodus" "The Red Sea"

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Knife

FAITH, AWARENESS AND SCIENCE

Jalapa
Knife
Capri
Dexter 
 
1 John 1:9
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

 
 

 
 
 
 
"He set off for a three-day bachelor jaunt to Capri"~~~Morris L. West
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Chess: "Jalapa" "Jalisco" "Knife" "Capri" "Dexter"
 
 
 
 
Xalapa (Jalapa), Veracruz, Mexico:
Xalapa, also known as Jalapa, is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It lies near the geographic center of the state and is the second-largest city after Veracruz to the southeast.
The name “Xalapa” comes from the Classical Nahuatl roots “xālli” (pronounced, meaning “sand”) and “āpan”, meaning “place of water”), which translates to “spring in the sand.”
The city’s nickname is “City of Flowers” (Spanish: “La ciudad de las flores”), given by Alexander von Humboldt during his visit in 1804.
Xalapa has a rich cultural heritage, notable landmarks, and a vibrant atmosphere. It’s definitely worth exploring!


Friday, April 26, 2024

Sevilla

EL CORDOBÉS
Epistemology, Labor and Wisdom
Canada
Sevilla
La Maestranza
Andalucía
Sextant

Acts 20:35
“I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.”



El cordobés 
 
 "The many fail; the one succeeds."~~~Tennyson
 
 
 

 



 
 
Chess: "Epistemology, Labor and Wisdom" "Canada" "Sevilla" "La Maestranza" "El Cordobés" "Andalucía" "Sextant"

Cambridge

MARCO ANTONIO
Cambridge
Golden Gate
Pont des Arts
Pont du Gard
 

2 Timothy 4:7
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”

 
 
Marco Antonio 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Marco Antonio
 
 
 Prov.16:3
"Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established."
 
Psalms 90:17
“And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.”
 
 
 

 

 
 
Chess: "Cambridge" "Golden Gate" "Pont des Arts" "Pont du Gard"

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Iowa

NEWTON, IOWA
Roquefort
Blue Cheese
Farmer
Maytag
Wisconsin Blue Cheese

Philippians 4:13
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
 
 
"By any means get wealth and place."~~~Pope 

"In Egypt the whole cycle of agrigulture is pivoted round the inundation"~~~V. Gordon Childe

"The plot...lacks direction, pivoting on Hamlet's incertitude"~~~G. Wilson Knight

"Place the ham over the vegetables, its fattest side up"~~~Julia Child
 
Maytag Dairy Farm, Newton, Iowa.


 


Chess: 
"Farmer" "Roquefort" "Blue Cheese" "Newton, Iowa" "Maytag"

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Wyoming

Wyoming
Why?
¿Por qué?

Nehemiah 8:10
“Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
 
 

 






Chess: "Wyoming" "Why?" "¿Por qué?"

The creation of the state of Wyoming holds historical significance, and its essential meaning encompasses several key aspects:
Statehood and Independence:
Wyoming officially became a state on July 10, 1890, when President Benjamin Harrison signed the proclamation. Prior to this, Wyoming had been a territory since 1868.
The process of becoming a state was long and arduous, but Wyoming proudly became the 44th state to join the Union1.
Population and Challenges:
Wyoming faced challenges related to its population. Congress traditionally required territories to have around 60,000 people to qualify for statehood.
By 1888, Wyoming had only 55,500 people, most of whom lived in ranches, small towns, and mining settlements. The railroads and coal mines were major employers, but the population remained small and scattered.
Women’s Rights and Equality:
Wyoming had a unique distinction: it was the first government to grant women equal political rights. The state’s constitution included provisions allowing women to vote and hold office.
This progressive stance on women’s rights was controversial but showcased Wyoming’s commitment to equality.
Local Control and Economic Factors:
Statehood offered Wyoming more local control over land and water issues. It allowed the state to govern itself independently.
The railroads and coal mines played a crucial role in Wyoming’s economy, emphasizing the need for statehood.
In summary, Wyoming’s statehood represented a transition from territorial status to full independence within the United States. It symbolized progress, equality, and the desire for self-governance

Monday, April 22, 2024

Four-leaf Clover

 🍀
Four-leaf Clover
Paris
Snow
White
Ebony
Ébano
Black&White

 
 
Romans 12:1
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
 
GABRIEL, PETIT TRIANON, VERSAILLES 
 "What is civilisation? I don't know. I can't define it in abstract terms - yet. But I think I can recognise it when I see it; and I am looking at it now. Ruskin said: 'Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts, the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. Not one of these books.can be understood unless we read the two others, but of the three the only trustworthy one is the last.' On the whole I think this is true. Writers and politicians may come out with all sorts of edifying sentiments, but they are what is known as declarations of intent. If I had to say which was telling the truth about society, a speech by a Minister of Housing or the actual buildings put up in his time, I should believe the buildings."~~~Kenneth Clark: CIVILISATION Ch1 The Skin of Our Teeth. 
 
 
Watteau, Gilles 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Enigmatic Intellect: Cleopatra's Multifaceted Mastery of Language and Learning
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





"Así voy devolviéndole a Dios unos centavos 
del caudal infinito que me pone en las manos."~~~Jorge Luis Borges: Versos de catorce






 
 

 Vue du château de Versailles depuis le parc
 

Chess: "Paris" "Snow" "White" "Ebony" "Ébano" "Black and White" "Four-leaf Clover"


 Jorge Luis Borges: Versos de catorce



A mi ciudad de patios cóncavos como cántaros
y de calles que surcan las leguas como un vuelo,
a mi ciudad de esquinas con aureola de ocaso
y arrabales azules, hechos de firmamento,

a mi ciudad que se abre clara como una pampa,
yo volví de las viejas tierras antiguas del  Occidente
y recobré sus casas y la luz de sus casas
y la trasnochadora luz de los almacenes

y supe en las orillas, del querer, que es de todos
y a punta de poniente desangré el pecho en salmos
y canté la aceptada costumbre de estar solo
y el retazo de pampa colorada de un patio.

Dije las calesitas, noria de los domingos,
y el paredón que agrieta la sombra de un paraíso,
y el destino que acecha tácito, en el cuchillo,
la noche olorosa como un mate curado.

Yo presentí la entraña de la voz las orillas,
palabra que en la tierra pone el azar del agua
y que da a las afueras su aventura infinita
y a los vagos campitos un sentido de playa.

Así voy devolviéndole a Dios unos centavos
del caudal infinito que me pone en las manos.


Sunday, April 21, 2024

El Niño

THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT 
 
FAIR "O": Pharaoh : FERRY
Bear
El Niño
The Child
Mansion
Manor
English country house
 

Psalms 9:1
“(A Psalm of David.) I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.”

Romans 13:12
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”

"They hardly seem to TREAD, the EARTH but are BORNE in some more genial element"~~~William Hazlitt

"A thousand different SHAPES it bears"~~~Cowley

"better fitted than others to BEAR the diseases of the country"~~~Darwin  

"Tall trunks bore unexpected PALE FLOWERS"~~~
William Golding 
 
 
 

 
 

 



 
 
 
Chess: "Fair O" "Pharaoh" "Ferry" "Bear" "Mansion" "Manor" "English Country House"

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Quetzaltenango

Quetzaltenango
Cardinal
Venice Beach


Proverbs 17:22
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”


 
 
 

 
 
 
Chess: "Quetzaltenango" "Cardinal" "Venice Beach"

March

 
RUBICON
March
Britannia
Gran Bretaña
Julius Caesar
Palm Sunday
"Raphael-Leonardo-Donatello-Michelangelo"
Tortuga Island 
Clue Pater (Cleopatra) 
 
 
Exodus 33:22
“And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:”
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Raphael-Leonardo-Donatello-Michelangelo
 
 
 
Chess: ""March" "Britannia" "Rubicon" "Gran Bretaña" "Julius Caesar" "Isla Tortuga" "Raphael-Leonardo-Donatello-Michelangelo" "Palm Sunday" "Cleopatra (Clue Pater)

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Amsterdam

HATHOR
The milky Way
Bethlehem Steel
Tiffany Glass
Amsterdam


Psalms 85:10
“Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.”



 
Painting showing women preparing kava by John La Farge (c. 1891).
 
 
 Scholars make a distinction between the so-called noble and non-noble kava. The latter category comprises the so-called tudei (or "two-day") kavas, medicinal kavas, and wild kava (Piper wichmanii, the ancestor of domesticated Piper methysticum). Traditionally, only noble kavas have been used for regular consumption, due to their more favourable composition of kavalactones and other compounds that produce more pleasant effects and have lower potential for causing negative side effects, such as nausea, or "kava hangover".

The perceived benefits of noble cultivars explain why only these cultivars were spread around the Pacific by Polynesian and Melanesian migrants, with presence of non-noble cultivars limited to the islands of Vanuatu, from which they originated. More recently, it has been suggested that the widespread use of tudei cultivars in the manufacturing of several kava products might have been the key factor contributing to the rare reports of adverse reactions to kava observed among the consumers of kava-based products in Europe.

 

Chess:  "STILL" "Bethlehem Steel" "Steel Mill" "Baker Street"

COWBOY

BRING HOME THE BACON
HATHOR : HOLLAND
COWBOY
Jerusalem
Life
Wife
Israel
 
Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;” 


 
 
 

 
 
 "BACON was the only philosopher of the period who was not a mathematician. He thought he could solve everything by material evidence, examined by an exceptionally sharp wit - and, my goodness, he was intelligent!"~~~Kenneth Clark: CIVILISATION Ch. 8 The Light of Experience.
 


 
 
 
 
 The Jewish Bride, Rembrandt
 

 
 
Chess: "Jerusalem" "Israel" "Life" "Wife" "Hathor" "Cowboy"

Sunday, April 14, 2024

John Donne

John Donne
Stonehenge
Easter Island 

Isaiah 32:2
“And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.”
 
 
 



May be an image of 1 person, blonde hair and smiling 
Russia: Kristina Pimenova




Air and Angels
John Donne

Twice or thrice had I lov'd thee,
Before I knew thy face or name;
So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame
Angels affect us oft, and worshipp'd be;
         Still when, to where thou wert, I came,
Some lovely glorious nothing I did see.
         But since my soul, whose child love is,
Takes limbs of flesh, and else could nothing do,
         More subtle than the parent is
Love must not be, but take a body too;
         And therefore what thou wert, and who,
                I bid Love ask, and now
That it assume thy body, I allow,
And fix itself in thy lip, eye, and brow.

Whilst thus to ballast love I thought,
And so more steadily to have gone,
With wares which would sink admiration,
I saw I had love's pinnace overfraught;
         Ev'ry thy hair for love to work upon
Is much too much, some fitter must be sought;
         For, nor in nothing, nor in things
Extreme, and scatt'ring bright, can love inhere;
         Then, as an angel, face, and wings
Of air, not pure as it, yet pure, doth wear,
         So thy love may be my love's sphere;
                Just such disparity
As is 'twixt air and angels' purity,
'Twixt women's love, and men's, will ever be.



Air and Angels by John Donne



Chess: "John Donne" "Stonehenge" "Easter Island"

Saturday, April 13, 2024

Flame

Flame
Torch
Tea
Antorcha
Blowfish
Statue of Liberty
Pepper 
Jalisco
Uvita
Cahuita
Cariari

 
 
2 Timothy 1:13
“Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.”
 
 
 

 
 
 

 

 

Chess: "Flame" "Torch" "Tea" "Antorcha" "Blowfish" "Lady Liberty" "Pepper"“Jalisco” “Tequila, limón y sal” “La naranja mecánica” “Uvita” “Cahuita” “Cariari”

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Communion

Communion
 
Genesis 1:3
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light"

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Chess: "Communion"