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November 4, 2017November 5, 2017 tonianniversary, art history, epic, Europe, painting

Nov 1 1512, Sistine Chapel Ceiling Floors the Public

He was the superstar of the High Renaissance as an artist. He was above all a sculptor. He painted but had little regard for painting. Accomplished in architecture. Wrote poetry. […]

October 16, 2017October 18, 2017 tonianniversary, history, military, US

Happy 242nd US Navy, 220th USS Constitution

It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious. — George […]

May 28, 2014September 20, 2014 toniAfrica, anniversary, death, ethnic or cultural, film, historical figure, music, Personality, poet, political, sage - thinker, social, writer

farewell great lady

We celebrate Maya Angelou’s life, cherish her wisdom, and learn from her words.  But we will do so without her now, 28 May, 2014.   “Listen to yourself and in that […]

April 28, 2014January 9, 2015 tonianniversary, Event, history, Middle East, political, quote, social, video, war

יום השואה Yom Ha’Shoa

“Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day” Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; Today the world  remembers an atrocity we would not like to remember, so painful and horrid beyond […]

February 4, 2014 tonianniversary, photo, political, portrait, social

Angela Davis 1973

Great portrait. A gorgeous, powerful image…subject and photo. A late celebration of her birthday, January 26 1944.     Edited with BlogPad Pro

November 22, 2013November 23, 2014 tonianniversary, history, photo, political

November 22 remembered

Creator: Photograph by Abbie Rowe, National Park Service, in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Musen. Copyright:Public Domain Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy aboard the PT-109 in the South Pacific, […]

August 8, 2013 tonianniversary, religion spirituality

Eid Mubarak!!

Taqabbalallâhu minnâ wa minkum God accept from us and you It means “[May] God accept from us and you [our fasts and deeds]”. The Companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad […]

August 7, 2013 tonianniversary, Art, artist, birthday, drawing, film, photo, Photography, video, writer

15 minutes

Andy Warhol birth anniversary.  August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987. He was one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s.  He began the 1960s  on the edge, avante-gard and […]

August 6, 2013 tonianniversary, history, photo, video, war

Little Boy and a garden

Hiroshima, 1945,  a city becomes an historic event. Shukkeien’s (縮景園) name can be translated into English as “shrunken-scenery garden”, Hiroshima.  Ground zero for Little Boy. Related articles   The Details […]

August 2, 2013 toniactor, anniversary, film, quote

Peter O'Toole lá breithe

He has officially retired from acting and the public.  And he is missed.  We have so much of his work to enjoy that it matters little.  As long as he […]

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