Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service. April 19 #veteran #restinpeace Roland Charles Labonte, Nashua, New Hampshire. National Guardsman, he was killed in combat in Biên Hòa, Ðồng Nai, Vietnam on April 19, 1969. www.findagrave.com/memorial/260...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Evgeny Rukhin, untitled www.doyle.com/auction/lot/...

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. #Catholic www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...

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.

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.

The 2026 Major League Baseball season has commenced! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Xander Bogaerts, San Diego Padres apnews.com/article/colo...

Just five or so games remaining to play of this National Hockey League regular season. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Colten Ellis, Buffalo Sabres (#92) www.nhl.com/sabres/news/...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service. April 10 #veteran #restinpeace Bryce Edward Gautier, Cypress, CA. One of five soldiers killed in roadside bombing in Mosul, Iraq, on April 10, 2009. thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-pfc-bry...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Ed Mell, "Rain and Runoff" bid.scottsdaleartauction.com/online-aucti...

10 April Saint of the Day: Blessed Anthony Neyrot 1423(?)-1460 Italian Dominican, he was captured by pirates. In Tunis, for his freedom, he renounced Christianity. After his former Dominican teacher died, he returned to the faith. He was then martyred. #Catholic www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The 2026 Major League Baseball season has commenced! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Taylor Ward, Baltimore Orioles www.newsday.com/sports/baseb...

Just five or so games remaining to play of this National Hockey League regular season. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Logan Thompson, Washington Capitals www.reuters.com/sports/nhl/l...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service. April 9 #veteran #restinpeace Roger Brown, New York City, NY. He was a cook in the Army. He died in an automobile crash in Tuyen Duc Province, Vietnam, on April 9, 1969. www.honorstates.org/profiles/264...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting John Nieto, "Coyote in the Aurora Borealis" www.bonhams.com/auction/3173...

9 April Saint of the Day: Venerable Marcelle Mallet 1805-1871 Canadian nun, as a member of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal (the Grey Nuns), she took charge of an orphanage in Quebec. She founded the separate and still extant Sisters of Charity of Quebec. #Catholic www.cccb.ca/announcement...

The 2026 Major League Baseball season has commenced! Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Robbie Ray, San Francisco Giants sports.yahoo.com/articles/lea...

Just five or so games remaining to play of this National Hockey League regular season. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Justus Annunen, Nashville Predators www.newsday.com/sports/hocke...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. April 8 #veteran #restinpeace Mark R. de Alencar, Edgewood, MD. Special Forces Green Beret, he died in combat in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on April 8, 2017. greenberetfoundation.org/memorial/mar...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Vincenzo Canino, "Snowfall" www.offerte.meetingart.it:7778/meeting01/We...

8 April Saint of the Day: Blessed Domingo Iturrate Zubero 1901-1927 Spanish Trinitarian priest, he studied in Rome, at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he received a doctorate degree. Ordained in 1925, he died of tuberculosis two years later. #Catholic domingoiturrate.org/en/the-bless...

The 2026 Major League Baseball season has commenced! Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball José Soriano, Los Angeles Angels www.ocregister.com/2026/04/06/j...

The last games remaining to play of this National Hockey League regular season are near. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. April 7 #veteran #restinpeace Eric Bruce Das, Amarillo, TX. Killed when his F15-E fighter jet crashed during combat operations over Iraq on April 7, 2003. skytrailer.nl/memorial/cap...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting James Aponovich, "Still Life, Penobscot Bay, 1992" auction.barridoff.com/online-aucti...

7 April Saint of the Day: Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta 1878-1905 Italian nun, she was a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. She served first in Florence, and then as a missionary in Taiyuan, China, cooking in an orphanage. She died of typhus. #Catholic www.fmm-mysg.org/assunta.html

The 2026 Major League Baseball season has commenced! Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Davis Martin, Chicago White Sox www.mlb.com/whitesox/vid...

The last games remaining to play of this National Hockey League regular season are near. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Robert Thomas, St. Louis Blues fox2now.com/sports/st-lo...

Each day I post biographies and photos of American armed forces members who died in combat. April 6 #veteran #restinpeace Jeremy Daniel Smith, Arlington, TX and Benjamin David Rast, Niles, MI, both killed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on April 6, 2011. www.dvidshub.net/news/printab...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Bill Jacklin, "6th Avenue I, 1986" www.doyle.com/auction/lot/...

6 April Saint of the Day: Blessed Notker Balbulus 840(?)-912 Swiss Benedictine monk, he was educated at the Abbey of St. Gall, where he lived the rest of his life. He served as the Abbey's librarian and schoolmaster, and was also a poet and composer. #Catholic aleteia.org/2025/08/18/t...

The 2026 Major League Baseball season has commenced! Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Garrett Mitchell, Milwaukee Brewers apnews.com/article/brew...

The last games remaining to play of this National Hockey League regular season are near. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Gabe Perreault, New York Rangers www.aol.com/news/rookie-...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. April 5 #veteran #restinpeace Glenn James Watkins, Idaho Falls, ID. Killed in roadside bombing in Baghdad, Iraq on April 5, 2005. news.va.gov/74710/vetera...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Frederick Papsdorf, "My Father's Church, 1937" (suitable for Easter) fineart.ha.com/itm/painting...

Easter. The Resurrection of Christ. When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here!" Mk 16:5-6a

The 2026 Major League Baseball season has commenced! Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Lawrence Butler, [Sacramento] Athletics www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/law...

Fewer than ten games remaining to play of this National Hockey League regular season. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Dylan Holloway, St. Louis Blues (#81, on helmet) www.nhl.com/blues/news/s...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. April 4 #veteran #restinpeace Joseph Herman Cantrell IV, Ashland, KY. With Jerry Clark Burge Jr., Picayune, MS, killed in roadside bombing in Baghdad, Iraq on April 4, 2007. health.mil/About-MHS/Mi...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Otto van Veen, "The Crucifixion" (appropriate for Holy Saturday) www.millon.com/catalogue/ve...

4 April Saint of the Day: Blessed Karl Serreqin 1911-1954 Albanian Franciscan priest, in October, 1946, he was called to perform last rites for a mortally wounded foe of the communist Albanian government. He was arrested and imprisoned until his death. #Catholic en.panorama.com.al/nuk-e-tregoi...

The 2026 Major League Baseball season has commenced! Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Matt Olson, Atlanta Braves heavy.com/sports/mlb/a...

Fewer than ten games remaining to play of this National Hockey League regular season. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars www.nhl.com/jets/news/je...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat. April 3 #veteran #restinpeace James R. Chandler, Madison, IN. Killed in combat on April 3, 1945 during WWII. Memorialized at Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France. www.honorstates.org/profiles/410...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, "Christ on the Cross" (appropriate for Good Friday) www.ansorena.com/en/subasta-l...

3 April Saint of the Day: St. Richard of Chichester 1197-1253 English bishop, he was an impoverished orphan. Still, he was educated at Oxford, then Paris and Bologna. He became Oxford's chancellor. He was ordained and ultimately appointed Bishop of Chichester. #Catholic strichard.org/about-st-ric...

The 2026 Major League Baseball season has commenced! Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the field. #MLB #baseball Liam Hicks, Miami Marlins www.albat.com/mlb/mlb-arra...

Fewer than ten games remaining to play of this National Hockey League regular season. Each day I post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice. #NHL #icehockey Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks www.nhl.com/video/van-co...

Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service. April 2 #veteran #restinpeace George Andrew “Boo” Fernandez, El Paso, TX. Killed in combat in northern Iraq of April 2, 2003. arsof-history.org/fallen/2003_...

Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world. #painting Charles Fracé, "Bull Elephants (Africa), 1972" www.johnmoran.com/auction-lot/...

2 April Saint of the Day: Blessed Leopold of Gaiche ("Giovanni Croci") 1732-1815 Italian Franciscan Capuchin priest, he was an "apostolic missionary" in Umbria, preaching from diocese to diocese. Later he founded the Monastery of St. Francis in Monteluco. #Catholic anastpaul.com/2022/04/02/s...