St. Birgitta writing out her account of the Nativity. She seems to have been an exceptionally large woman.

Theodore Butler, “New York Harbor, Daytime” (1915), in the Louvre

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A Gospel page from the Nunnaminster Book

Thomas W. Nason, illustration for Donald Hall’s Here at Eagle Pond (1990).

Re-upping from a year ago today: Why I don’t keep track of how many books I read.

Do yourself a favor and listen to the incomparable Ella sing “What Are You Doing On New Year’s Eve?