Under the Gables

Nurse Reading to a Little Girl, Mary Cassatt, 1895 A fascinating international study shows that children who grow up in homes that have home...

Compliments of Claude Monet Springtime, 1886 Lilacs in Grey Weather, 1872 Irises in Monet's Garden, 1873 Bennecourt 1873 Apple Trees...

After back-to-back posts on bad sons and bad fathers, I think a switch in topic is definitely called for, so I turn to scientific research. ...

City by the Sea with Robert de Niro should perhaps be mandatory watching for all prospective fathers. The role of the father, especially fo...

The Prodigal Son, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1669. April 11 is Divine Mercy Sunday when the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is said at 3 o'clock in th...

Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heav...

The Crucifixion, with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist Mourning by Rogier van der Weyden, 1460-65. From the Philadelphia Museum of ...