Dusty Buildings

Tippecanoe Place (South Bend, Indiana)

+ This Richardsonian Romanesque Gilded Age mansion was built for the famous automobile magnate, Clement Studebaker.

Dusty Art

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox (Bemidji, Minnesota)

+ These statues make up one of the most photographed sites in the United States. As such, they are also arguably the most successful of the 20th century’s car culture driven “roadside attractions.”

Up-Hill

Up-Hill by Christina Rossetti (poem analysis)

Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Papias of Hierapolis (22 February) celebrates the 1st and 2nd century Church Father and author, who among other things, provides the earliest source identifying the authors of the Gospels.

+ includes a recipe for the ancient Greek dish of Honey Glazed Prawns

Dusty Art

Breaking Home Ties by Norman Rockwell

Dusty Quotations

by Jack Parsons

+ He was an early 20th century American rocketry pioneer. He was also deeply enmeshed in the Occult, with ties to Aleister Crowley and L. Ron Hubbard.

Dusty Phrases

Vacate Et Scire

To Be With You

Mr. Big – To Be With You (song review / commentary)

Dusty Buildings

Sainte-Chapelle (Paris, France)

+ Built by Saint King Louis IX, this royal chapel was built to house the Crown of Thorns. The relic eventually relocated to Notre Dame, nearby, but the gothic chapel, with unbelievable art and stained glass remains one of the world’s most beautiful places.

The Sign of the Beaver (Book Review)

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare