Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of Pentecost

+ includes a recipe for Ukrainian Beef and Buckwheat Kasha

Dusty Buildings

The Palace of Westminster (London, England)

+ The seat of British government, the palace is a 19th century Gothic Revival construction, built on the site of an 11th century royal palace and parliament building which had been destroyed by a fire. The newer building is now one of the most recognizable buildings in the world.

Dusty Art

Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch (Brooklyn, New York)

+ Constructed in 1892, this Triumphal Arch in Brooklyn was built to honor the soldiers and sailors of the Union Army and their victory in the American Civil War.

Dusty Phrases

Greek:

χαριτόω

Latin:

Gratia plena

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Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Rita of Cascia (22 May), a patron of lost causes, celebrates one of history’s most venerated saints, a 14th and 15th century Catholic widow and Augustinian nun. She is known for the numerous miracles throughout her life and resulting from her intercessory prayer.

+ includes a feast day recipe for home-made fig bars.

Dusty Art

Pentecost (1732) by Jean Restout II (a/k/a Jean Restout the Younger)

Dusty Quotations

by William B. Travis

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Eye in the Sky

by the Alan Parsons Project

Dusty Buildings

Pažaislis Monastery (Kaunas, Lithuania)

+ One of the best examples of Baroque Architecture in the world.

Dusty Art

The Arch of Constantine (Rome, Italy)

+ A Triumphal Arch in Rome, built to honor the world-changing victory of Constantine the Great over Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in AD 312