What I learned in May

I found this reflection very helpful to be close to God. Fr Leo talks about the 5 C :content(faith), conflict( doing his will and not ours), conversation( God is in us , we are never alone), cooperation( with our Lord, I am alive in Him) and contribution( I will bring something of him into the world). Let's write an unfinished symphony!

A bientot

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A book review: Pines book 1 by Blake Crouch

I just finish Book 1 of the trilogy Pine by Blake Crouch. It is not usual type of book, but I was intrigued with the set up. Summary from amazon "Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels…off. As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues turns up more questions than answers. Why can’t he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out? Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the...

Be still and listen:) Now for some fun portraits, I would love the horse one:) http://design-milk.com/captured52-large-format-photography/ A bientot!

Art in 5 minutes: Bruegel the Elder

Peasant Wedding The Flemish painter, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1525-69) was born in Belgium at the end of the high Renaissance . To put this in an historical context Michael Angelo had already created his master pieces, and the Reformation was rapidly spreading throughout north of Europe . The religious theme was becoming less prevalent. Artists had the opportunity to expand and show their interests in portraiture, mythology, landscape and other genre. At first glance, Bruegel 's subject matter concentrates on the interrelationship between Man and Nature. He specialized in folk scenes depicting jovial peasants with bright and vivid manners. One might almost expects to hear laughter and music floating in the air. One finds more evidence of such work when his biographer underlines his decision to accept a secular commission (1565) at a time of great turmoil between the Cath...

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