Three-quarters of this National Hockey League season has now been played. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
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#icehockey
Vitek Vanecek, Utah Mammoth
www.ksl.com/article/5145...
Service photograph of Adam Oliver Zanutto, who died on March 6, 2006 from wounds suffered in roadside bombing in Ramadi, Iraq.
Each day I post a biography and photo of American armed forces members who died in service.
March 6
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#restinpeace
Adam Oliver Zanutto, Bakersfield, CA. Died March 6, 2006 of wounds resulting from a roadside bombing in Ramadi, Iraq.
www.theloopnewspaper.com/story/2021/0...
Cubist cityscape by Indian-British artist Lancelot Ribiero.
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Lancelot Ribeiro, "Landscape at Noon"
www.phillips.com/detail/lance...
6 March Saint of the Day: St. Fridolin of Säckingen 6th or 7th century
Irish missionary priest to the Allamani, living under Merovingian rule along the upper Rhine River. He founded several monasteries dedicated to St. Hilarius (Hilary).
#Catholic
www.trompeter-von-saeckingen.de/english/frid...
Three-quarters of this National Hockey League season has now been played. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
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#icehockey
Nikolaj Ehlers, Carolina Hurricanes (#27)
www.nhl.com/hurricanes/n...
Gravestone of Army National Guard Sergeant Gregory Fejeran, killed in automobile rollover in Ethiopia on March 5, 2007.
Gravestone of Army National Guard Sergeant Christopher Fernandez, killed in automobile rollover in Ethiopia on March 5, 2007.
Each day I post a biography and photo of American armed forces members who died in service.
March 5
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#restinpeace
Gregory Fejeran, Barrigada, Guam, and Christopher Fernandez, Dededo, Guam. Both died March 5, 2007 in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia in a vehicle rollover.
www.stripes.com/news/2007-03...
Painting by French artist André Brasilier of a woman in a blue dress playing a grand piano before a panoramic windowed view of the New York skyline. A squat vase of blooming red, pink and blue flowers stands on a table in the foreground.
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
André Brasilier, "Piano à New York"
www.bonhams.com/auction/3218...
5 March Saint of the Day: St. Carlo Gaetano Calosirto ("John Joseph of the Cross") 1654-1739
Italian Franciscan priest, he founded a convent at Afila. Later he served as the Provincial Superior and also as a novice master of the Italian Franciscans.
#Catholic
americaneedsfatima.org/articles/sai...
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Photo of Colorado Avalanche player Parker Kelly, superimposed by team logo.
After the Winter Olympics break, National Hockey League play has recommenced. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
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Parker Kelly, Colorado Avalanche
www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hock...
Photograph of Army Special Operations Sergeant Philip James Svitak, killed in combat in Afghanistan on March 4, 2002.
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
March 4
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#restinpeace
Philip James Svitak, Joplin, MO and Boulder City, NV. Army Special Operations Sergeant killed at Takur Ghar, Afghanistan on March 4, 2002.
arsof-history.org/fallen/2002_...
Paintin by Flemish Expressionist artist Gust De Smet depicting, in near Cubist manner, a man in a suit with a green tie and a woman in a pink sweatsuit, framing a woman seated on a trapeze, seen through a curtained window.
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Gust de Smet, "De bewonderaar van de acrobate"
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
4 March Saints of the Day: Martyrs of Shkoder, Albania 1946
Six Albanians--three priests, one seminarian and one layperson--martyred in 1946 at the hands of the atheist government. These six are included in the count of 38 "Martyrs of Albania" beatified in 2016.
#Catholic
euronews.al/en/house-of-...
After the Winter Olympics break, National Hockey League play has recommenced. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
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#icehockey
Lian Bichsel, Dallas Stars
www.khou.com/video/sports...
Fantastic painting! Social Realism art of the 1930s is my absolute favorite genre. Thank you for posting!
Memorial stone at Drosendahl Field, McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, near Knoxville, Tennessee, commemorating New Jersety Air National Guard pilot Robert H. Drosendahl, who died in a plane crash while on a training mission on March 3, 1974.
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service.
March 3
#veteran
#restinpeace
Robert H. Drosendahl, Westfield, New Jersey. NJ ANG member who crashed into Chesapeake Bay on March 3, 1974, during a training mission.
www.angtec.ang.af.mil/News/Article...
Belgian artist Rene Magritte's Surrealist painting depicts deep green leaves transforming into birds, against a background of blue leaves punctuated by small purple patches of light.
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world (another one I cannot afford!).
#painting
Rene Magritte, "Les graces naturelles"
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
3 March Saint of the Day: Blessed Concepción Cabrera de Armida 1862-1937
Mexican lay writer, she was married and the mother of nine when her husband died. Her mystical writings inspired the founding of "The Works of the Cross," five Mexican Catholic associations.
#Catholic
marian.org/articles/nor...
After the Winter Olympics break, National Hockey League play has recommenced. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Artur Silovs, Pittsburgh Penguins
sports.yahoo.com/articles/pen...
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
March 2
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#restinpeace
William Charles "Chuck" Erler, Jr., Columbus, Ohio. WWII Marine killed on Iwo Jima on March 2, 1945.
www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index...
Pastel on paper by Portuguese artist Paula Rego of three muscular ballerinas stretching (?) on a brown leather couch on a grey floor, against a blue wall.
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Paula Rigo, "Dancing Ostriches from Walt Disney's 'Fantasia'"
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
2 March Saint of the Day: St. Anezka Premyslovna ("St. Agnes of Prague") 1211-1282
Bohemian princess, she was daughter of King Otakar I. She founded two monasteries, along with a hospital and the still extant Knights of the Cross with the Red Star.
#Catholic
www.lovecpokladu.cz/en/home/11-6...
After the Winter Olympics break, National Hockey League play has recommenced. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Drake Batherson, Ottawa Senators
ca.news.yahoo.com/senators-coz...
Photograph of Utah Marine Carlos Albert Aragon, killed by a mine in Afghanistan on March 1, 2010.
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
March 1
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#restinpeace
Carlos Albert Aragon, Lehi, Utah. Killed by a mine while on foot patrol in Sar Banadar, Helmond Province, Afghanistan, on March 1, 2010.
www.wingmortuary.com/obituary/551...
Painting by American artist John Moran Blasingame of a native Hawai'ian hula ceremony. Three women--two in red dresses; one in white--dance before many seated figures in front of an orchard of fruit trees.
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Frank Martin Blasingame, "Hawai'ian Hula Ceremony"
www.johnmoran.com/auction-lot/...
Prayer card depicting St. Amandus, dressed in full bishop's garb and holding a crozier. One of his feast days is March 1st (the other is February 6th).
1 March Saint of the Day: St. Amandus 584 (?)-675 (?)
French-born Merovingian missionary bishop to Flanders, he was successful in converting the people of Ghent to Christianity. He founded monasteries at Elnon and Ghent (St. Peter's Abbey).
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After the Winter Olympics break, National Hockey League play has recommenced. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Pierre Luc-Dubois, Washington Capitals (on the ice)
sports.yahoo.com/articles/tak...
Photograph of US soldier Edgar Clay Spence, who died on his birthday on February 29, 1968, in Vietnam.
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
February 29
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#restinpeace
Edgar Clay Spence, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Died of "fragmentation wounds" in Gia Dinh, Vietnam on February 29, 1968, on his birthday.
www.virtualwall.org/ds/SpenceEC0...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world (cannot afford this one!).
#painting
Claude Monet, "Maison de Jardinier"
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
28 February Saint of the Day: St. Auguste Chapdelaine 1914-1856
French priest, he joined the Paris Institute of Foreign Missions in 1851 and arrived in Guangxi Province, China in 1852. Following arrest along with local Catholics, he was tortured to death.
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www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/c...
