Thanks for posting this poem! I learned a new word, “perdurable.”

The original James Bond movie was released in 1967, one year after this artwork was created.

History over The Hit King: Elly De La Cruz breaks Reds record held by Pete Rose EDLC's historic feat placed him ahead of one of the most iconic names in franchise history.

More than ten percent of the 2026 Major League Baseball season has already been played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field.
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Elly de la Cruz, Cincinnati Reds
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Arvidsson Scores Twice in Bruins Game 2 Win in Buffalo | Boston Bruins Swayman posted 34 saves on 36 shots on Tuesday at KeyBank Center

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Viktor Arvidsson, Boston Bruins
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Photograph of Army First Lieutenant Omar Vazquez, of Hamilton, NJ, killed with Antonio Stiggins of Rio Rancho, NM, in a roadside bombing in Kut, Iraq, on April 22, 2011.

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April 22
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Omar Vazquez, Hamilton, NJ. With Antonio Stiggins of Rio Rancho, NM, he died in a roadside bombing in Kut, Iraq, on April 22, 2011.
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Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.

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Leroy Neiman, "Roulette"
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Mosaic of St. Apelles of Smyrna, in the basilica of Saint Apollinare in Classe, five miles from Ravenna, Italy.

22 April Saint of the Day: St. Apelles of Smyrna (?)-(?)
Christian in Rome greeted by Paul in Romans 16:10: "Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household." Tradition has him one of the 70 disciples of Luke 10.
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Interesting article. Thank you for posting this.

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Max Muncy, Los Angeles Dodgers
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Dan Vladar, Flyers shut out Penguins for 2-0 series edge Dan Vladar made 27 saves and Garnet Hathaway had a goal and an assist as the visiting Philadelphia Flyers topped the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on Monday to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round Eastern C...

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Dan Vladar, Philadelphia Flyers
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Gravestone of Mariene lieutenant Matthew Ryan Vandegrift, who died in combat on April 21, 2008, in Basra, Iraq. He is the namesake of Vandegrift High School, Austin, Texas.

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service.
April 21
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Matthew Ryan Vandegrift, Austin, TX and Littleton, CO. Marine lieutenant killed in combat on April 21, 2008, in Basra, Iraq.
www.vandegriftfamilyfoundation.org/about-matthew

Black and white painting by French artist Sabine Monirys of woman in knee-length dress, with her left hand under her chin, and her right side mostly shadowed.

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Sabine Monirys, "Cela commença par un désir - venir, 1978"
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Icon of St. Anastasius Sinaita, in Church of Panagia Theotokos, Vouliagmenis Avenue, Athens. St. Anastasius is clad in a white tunic, wearing a red scapular, and covered in a blue cape, against a blue background. He is holding an unrolled scroll in his left hand.

21 April Saint of the Day: St. Anastasius of Sinai (?)-(?)
He was a 7th- and 8th-century abbot of St. Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai, now Egypt. Author (in Greek) of many early Christian texts defending orthodoxy.
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Dillon Dingler, Tigers throttle Garrett Crochet in 6-2 win vs Red Sox Detroit Tigers score: Dillon Dingler finished a triple shy of the cycle in a 6-2 win vs Red Sox, including a three-run home run in the 5th inning.

More than ten percent of the 2026 Major League Baseball season has already been played! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field.
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Dillon Dingler, Detroit Tigers
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Photograph of Montreal Canadiens left wing Juraj Slafkovsky (#20) being greeted by teammates following his scoring of a goal in the first game of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The National Hockey League post-season is in full swing. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
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#icehockey
Juraj Slafkovsky, Montreal Canadiens (#20)
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Photograph of U.S. Marine Marty Garth Mortenson, killed in a roadside bombing in Ramadi, Iraq, on April 20, 2005.

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service.
April 20
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Marty Garth Mortenson, Flagstaff, Arizona. Marine killed in roadside bombing in Ramadi, Iraq on April 20, 2005.
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Painting by Canadian artist Hilton Macdonald Hassell of two ships docked at a ninety degree angle, with indistinct human figures gathered in two groups on the white dock.

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.

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Hilton Macdonald Hassell, "Dock Shapes, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia"
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Victime de sa foi, un Avallonnais tué par les Allemands en 1945 sera béatifié ce samedi à Notre-Dame de Paris Abattu par les Allemands en avril 1945, l’Avallonnais Bernard Morizot est l’un des cinquante « martyrs » à être béatifié samedi 13 décembre 2025, à la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. Engagée en 1988, ...

20 April Saint of the Day: Blessed Bernard Morizot 1924-1945
French Boy Scout, he was forced at age 19 to work in the Köln-Zundof rubber factory in Germany, one of 300,000 young Frenchmen so involuntarily conscripted. He was arrested and sent to Buchenwald.
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www.lyonne.fr/avallon-8920...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service.
April 19
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Roland Charles Labonte, Nashua, New Hampshire. National Guardsman, he was killed in combat in Biên Hòa, Ðồng Nai, Vietnam on April 19, 1969.
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Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.

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Evgeny Rukhin, untitled
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Statue of St. Ælfheah of Canterbury at Salisbury Cathedral, England.

19 April Saint of the Day: Saint Ælfheah ("Alphege") 954 (?)-1012
English archbishop, he was abbot of Bath Abbey, then bishop of Winchester, and finally Archbishop of Canterbury. He was martyred by Vikings at Greenwich, for which he is a patron saint.
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Thank you for your patience in awaiting daily posts by me. I was out of town visiting family for the last week, from April 11 through April 18. I am back home now. I will post for today, April 19, right now.

Fun poem! Thanks for selecting it for posting.

Yep, definitely!

UCLA’s men’s basketball national championship streak (1967-73)

Thanks for your efforts!

Great work!

I visited there! Amazing cathedral.

I echo Pete Rutherford.

800 followers! I know many in that count are bots, but, still! Thank you so much for reading my daily sports, art, veteran and saint posts. I really appreciate the interest you show in what I write.