tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914401126533757247.post3077132398909049141..comments2024-01-23T07:51:33.212+00:00Comments on Claude Forthomme's Blog : The Way We Were 600 Years Ago: Separated!Claude Forthommehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03871790739257823515noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914401126533757247.post-3919817797249933452013-08-27T09:46:09.750+01:002013-08-27T09:46:09.750+01:00Jack, you're probably right, that scene in Sie...Jack, you're probably right, that scene in Sienna's beautiful Piazza del Campo, in front of the townhouse, looks like it took place in the springtime. But a spingtime in violent contrast to San Bernardino's message. He was a strong preacher, a Catholic integralist who hated the premissiveness of the Italian Rinascimento, Botticelli's naked Venus etc He wanted to see the Church go back to early days... Claude Forthommehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871790739257823515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914401126533757247.post-49795266910560778702013-08-26T18:03:41.797+01:002013-08-26T18:03:41.797+01:00Spring is such a beautiful time of the year. (At l...Spring is such a beautiful time of the year. (At least, that's the way I remember it growing up in Maryland. In Southern California, it looks like much of the rest of the year.) Yes, the plants were blooming and the birds were singing, but the paths were muddy and the weeds were racing the flowers for sunlight. Yes, hope springs eternal with evil keeping pace.Jack Durishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06577583997517810469noreply@blogger.com