Today is March 12th, 2013, Tuesday. There’s still a myriad of twinkling lights outside the window with drizzle in the night sky. Neither the moon nor any star can be seen. Osifu has just eaten dinner. The dish was soybean milk film-sautéed with bok-choy, and the staple food was rice. The bok-choy was fresh, crisp […]
Today is March 23rd 2013, Saturday. There is a myriad of twinkling lights outside the window. The distant Mount Fengyi is like ink and umber-black dye. Osifu hasn’t communicated heartfelt wishes with you for over ten days and always feels that there is something missing. Osifu misses and recalls you all at every moment, and […]
Today is April 28th, 2013, Sunday. It’s a fresh and nice morning again and birds are singing joyfully. It is fortunate that we are still alive and we still have mortal bodies. Our journey on the earth will continue. We came to the earth out of affinity with and love of the earth. We are […]
Today is August 19, 2013, Monday, sunny, still hot. Everything in the small town where Osifu lives is melting, the leaves all wilted, and some have already dried up. Looking through the window, everything as far as the eye can see is dazzling, reflecting the light of the sun. Under the strong sunlight, there are […]
Today is January 2nd 2014, Thursday, the second day of the new year. There is thick smog outside the window, and the city, streets, flow of people, and traffic are looming in the smog, and everything is so illusory. I brewed a pot of Maoyan berry tea, tasted it; it was bitter, then sweet. The […]
Today is January 7th 2014, Tuesday, the seventh day of the new year. The smog outside the window is still there, and it started to rain last night. The city streets, flow of people, and traffic appear more ethereal and illusory in the smog and drizzle. Standing on the balcony, closing my eyes, breathing the […]
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, PROTECTRESS OF THE UNBORN For each decade of the Rosary said please prevent one abortion. Please email me your postal address for a FREE copy of this prayer card in English (I will pay postage worldwide): deverephillip@gmail.com. For multiple copies (for which please consider a donation towards postage at the relevant […]
Jorge Sánchez Hernández [1926 – 2016] was a Mexican Catholic painter and continuator of the 17th century style of Spanish Baroque painters. He studied at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. His work is in both public and private collections. His most famous painting is an imagined portrait of Sor Juana Inés de […]
Jorge Sánchez Hernández [1926 – 2016] was a Mexican Catholic painter and continuator of the style of 17th century Spanish Baroque painters. Collections include: Portraits of Colonial Nuns; Scenes from Ancient Mexico; the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Collection; the Mother of Jesus Collection; the Gospel Scenes Collection; the Collection with scenes from the […]
Phillip Medhurst 