In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano Monday, June 29, 2009, a fresco showing what Vatican officials say is the oldest known icon of St Paul, discovered by the Pontificial Commission of Sacred Archeology in the Catacomb of Santa Tecla in Rome on June 19, 2009. Archaeologists recently unearthed and opened the [...]
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Archaeology News: Oldest Known Image of St. Paul
Posted in History, tagged Italy, religion on June 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Monday Morning Poem: Fourth of July Night
Posted in Poetry, tagged holidays, poetry on June 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
by Carl Sandburg
The little boat at anchor in black water sat murmuring to the tall black sky
A white sky bomb fizzed on a black line.
A rocket hissed it’s red signature into the west.
Now a shower of Chinese fire alphabets,
A cry of flower pots broken in flames,
A long curve to a purple spray, three violet balloons—
Drips [...]
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