Edgar Degas, Centering Prayer, Nelson Mandela, MORE - July 19 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Thu, 07/19/18
July 19, 2018
“You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date,
but in what you are going to make yourself do today.
Otherwise working is just a waste of time.”
― Edgar Degas, painter,
Today marks the anniversary of the artist's birth in 1834
Read Adam Zagajewski's poem
The Millinery Shop
(About a Degas painting)
*** Basil Pennington's classic book
CENTERING PRAYER
is only $1.99 now for Kindle!
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Nelson Mandela – Prison Letters [NPR Interview]
YESTERDAY marked the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth.
A new collection of his prison letters has just been released for the occasion…
NPR interviewed the editor of this collection.
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