Commemorations

Today is the 55th anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams, one of the foremost British composers of the 20th century.  RVW’s music is terribly important in my own life, and today I remember him with great fondness. Today is also the Feast of St. Louis the King, the patron saint of Saint Louis,

The pickles

After two mornings of canning this past week, here’s the stash that will need to get me through the year: