August
26, 2019
Today in Austin it will be 103 with a low of 77. The average is 96/74
We are 238 days into the year, 127 days until next year.
The 19th amendment goes into effect on this day
in 1920, giving women the right to vote.
“As long as a journalist tells the
truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about
consequences. The truth is never as dangerous as a lie in the long run. I truly
believe the truth sets men free.” – Ben Bradlee (8/26/1921 – 10/21/2014)
Bernardino
Poccetti (8/26/1548 – 10/10/1612)
Born in Florence, he was initially
trained as a decorator of facades and ceilings, enrolling in 1570 in the
Florentine painters guild for such work, the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno,
(Academy of the Arts of Drawing). He is also referred to as: Bernardino
Barbatelli or Bernardino delle Grottesche, delle Facciate, or delle Muse. He
initially worked in the shop of Michele Tosini, and he participated in the
broadly shared decoration of the Chiostro Grande of Santa Maria Novella in
1580s. In 1583–85, he helped decorate panegyric frescoes for the Palazzo
Capponi. He also completed frescoes in San Pier Maggiore in San Pierino.
In 1592–93, he
worked on frescoes in the Certosa di Galluzzo relating to Life and Death of San
Bruno. He painted scenes from the life of founder of the Convent of the
Servites for the Annunziata. He painted scenes from the Life of St. Anthony
(fresco) for San Marco. He frescoed scenes from the Life of Cosimo I as
decoration of great Salon of the Pitti Palace. He also labored for other
charterhouses in Pisa and Siena. He also painted frescoes, considered his
masterpiece, in the Cappella del Giglio (Cappella Neri, 1599) in Santa Maria
Maddalena dei Pazzi.
In his later works,
he is considered one of the Florentine reformers—the so-called Counter-Maniera
(Counter-Mannerism)—along with Santi di Tito, Domenico Cresti (Il Passignano),
Lodovico Cigoli, Jacopo Chimenti da Empoli, Andrea Boscoli, and Gregorio
Pagani. Among the painters he trained or influenced was Michelangelo
Cinganelli.
Currency
Snapshot
I have collected
since the election of 2016, a weekly snapshot of the top 20 US trading partners
and the currency rates as well as the Dow, S&P and the price of WTI. I reset every Jan 1st and track
from there forward. It is my goal to
include this picture moving forward every week.
So here you go.
This is done without comment or critic. Just data to make your own conclusions.
Amazon
– The jungle not the company
Jair Bolsonars has finally deployed
some of his nations military to fight the more than 40,000 fires raging in the
Amazon jungle. Let’s hope it is not too
late.
Trump
Meetings?
Not sure what to make of this
latest piece. The G7 met to discuss
climate change and methods to combat this world wide problem. The president skipped the meeting and instead
said he had meetings with German PM Merkel and Indian PM Modi. The only problem is they were in the G7
meeting about climate change when he claimed to have met with them. Parallel universe? Alternate Time line? Hogwart’s time turner? Please let me know what you think cause it
has me stumped.
Growing
Smaller
My
church is running a series called “Growing Smaller”. This is the second week of our series and
perhaps it is why I have gotten back into trying and posting on my blog. Maybe?
There is so much noise in the world, perhaps being still and not trying
to be busy every minute of every day is something to consider. I find myself turning this idea over and over
in my head and it seems to have merit.
Well we will see.
The
Sum Up
My niece moved in to Emerson College this weekend for her
freshman year. GO Jilli-bean and have
fun. The University of Texas kickoff is 5 days away and I am tickled
Orange. HOOK’EM horns.
That’s all for
today sports fans.
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