December 13: St. Lucy

St. Lucy, painting by Raphael Vergos, Art Institute of Chicago

Very early in the morning, before sunrise certainly, because it was pitch dark, on December 13 of my freshman year at college, someone banged loudly on my door. Stumbling out of bed, unable to find my glasses, and assuming there was some horrrible emergency, I opened my door to a blurry vision. The dorm president… Continue reading December 13: St. Lucy

December 12: A Man for All Seasons

Medallion of Thomas More

On December 12, 1966, Columbia Pictures released a movie based on a long-running British play about the Lord Chancellor of England under Henry VIII, a gentleman named Thomas More. While there is plenty to learn about the historical More as scholar and teacher, philosopher and politician, Robert Bolt’s play A Man for All Seasons focuses… Continue reading December 12: A Man for All Seasons