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Fairhaven, Fair Gothic
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The “Italian-Renaisance design” certainly explains the outside relief on the building. Notice the cherubs peeking on either side of the column. And who’s that poking his head right out front? Why it’s Dante himself! I had conjectured to Yang, when I saw that kisser, that it must be Dante. And now I understand why
Yet the most spectacular of the edifices was The Unitarian Church. We’d spied the tower through the
We not only found gargoyles on all the corners, but saints and patriarchs beneath the gargoyles.
And even a few patriarchs and saints on their own.
The Church, itself, was designed by architect Charles Brigham of Boston (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Memorial_Church), and is decorated with so many fascinating types of gargoyles on its corners and cornices. There were owlgoyles.
Cat-or-pumagoyles
As well as your standard flying dragony-type things, maybe with one have a hint of the leonine. Particularly interesting, were the head sculptures adorning the outer walls of the church. I wondered if some of them reflected the founding members of the Church – not all of them, though.
This chap looks as if he would have been one of the better fed pilgrims to Canterbury.
What can I say? St. Theresa of Avila stuck next to Pickle Puss! There were also other fascinating sculptures adorning the church. An angel holds a book of good works or devotions or philosophy.
Four women represent the celestial power of music.
For the official website for this church click here.
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Lee Library Author Event: A Walk on the Noir Side in Shades of Autumn
Since some of the Covid issues have waned, I’ve started going back to doing in-person author readings. Friday, October 14th, I had the good fortune to do an event at the Lee Library in Lee, ![]() ![]() crêpes. They made a pumpkin latte that was absolutely perfect – not all sugary and fake whipped cream, but good coffee, the flavor of pumpkin spice, and steamed milk. We sat outside at the street seating on a warm October day and enjoyed the small-town scenery, great food, and trees dressed in their autumn flames and oranges. ![]()
Say, how do you like the pin-stripe black suit and the black fedora? I thought the gold blouse was just right to add fall color. Should I have brought along a gat? I’m hoping to go back in the summer, after the fourth novel comes out: Shadows of a Dark Past. Maybe I’ll see you there! |

“Back in the Saddle Again!”
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“You’re Own Private Audubon”

Hillside Cemetery, A Dunwich Kind of Place
Well, here I go trying to create a new blog with WordPress’s Godawful new editor. Forgive me if this comes out crappy. It’s taken me forever to figure out how to switch back and forth between html editor and visual-nothing is clearly labeled or explained. I know this format is much uglier than the one I had previously. We’re all at the mercy of tasteless, unimaginative, homogenizing forces.
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Celtic Crosses, Funerary Statues in a Winter Cemetery

Winter Birds at Chez Yang

In the Bleak Midwinter: Hillside Cemetery
