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https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2015/04/an-exciting-holy-week-this-year.html Counterlight's Peculiars: An Exciting Holy Week This Year The one and only exhibition of the entire completed Passion of Christ series at JHS Gallery in Taos, New Mexico in 2007. My how fast... holy weekpeculiarsexcitingyear https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/09/bob-herbert-tells-it-like-it-is.html?showComment=1253448356043 Counterlight's Peculiars: Bob Herbert Tells It Like It Is I call bullshit on all these attempts portray these extreme attacks on Obama as anything but racist; as the genuine feelings of honestly out... bob herbertpeculiarstellslike https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/09/decadent-massachusetts.html?showComment=1252172819630 Counterlight's Peculiars: Decadent Massachusetts It turns out that decadent liberal homo-loving Taxachusetts has the nation's lowest divorce rate. Maybe everyone should go to Massachusetts ... peculiarsdecadentmassachusetts https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-wonder.html Counterlight's Peculiars: I wonder ... Could anyone storming the Bastille in 1789, or pulling down a statue of King George III in 1775 answer satisfactorily a time traveling CNN o... peculiarswonder https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2011/09/walk-to-my-studio.html Counterlight's Peculiars: A Walk To My Studio Some pictures that I took while walking to my Lower East Side studio from my home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Saturday, September 10. I live ... a walkto mypeculiarsstudio https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2011/02/coming-when-weather-turns-warmer.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Coming When the Weather Turns Warmer ... This year marks my 20th year living in New York. I've now lived in New York City as long as I lived in Texas. This is also the 10th anniver... the weatherpeculiarscomingturnswarmer https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-coup-attempt.html Counterlight's Peculiars: The Coup Attempt I wonder what the press coverage would be like if the left faction of the Congressional Dems decided to shut down the government and threate... the couppeculiarsattempt https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2016/03/lenten-thoughts.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Lenten Thoughts Drawing of the Crucifixion by Michelangelo --In my experience, statements about what I believe or not are mostly ignored. People ... peculiarslententhoughts https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2013/04/fond-farewells-to-mrs-t-from-over-there.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Fond Farewells to Mrs. T From Over There I'm not looking forward to the solemn high send-off that the City and the Tories will give her on Wednesday. ... So sue me. ... peculiarsfondfarewells https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2015/07/two-allegories.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Two Allegories I recently finished (or stopped working on) a pair of allegories that I've been working on for months. They are meant to be a pair, even if... peculiarstwoallegories https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/07/happy-bastille-day-mimi-where-ever-you.html?showComment=1247601951257 Counterlight's Peculiars: Happy Bastille Day Mimi, Where Ever You Are! Keeping with tradition, I'll start with the French triumphalist gloire . Here is the Hector Berlioz setting of La Marseillaise featuring P... bastille daypeculiarshappy https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2011/08/and-im-back.html Counterlight's Peculiars: And I'm Back Back in New York. Taxi! And I'm back with Michael and the cats. While in Texas, I met Lauren Gough, who blogs under the name Mu... and ipeculiarsback https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2008/09/once-and-future-wtc.html?showComment=1221304740000 Counterlight's Peculiars: The Once and Future WTC The proposed design for the rebuilding of the WTC in its current form The old WTC viewed from Queens I was never fond of the Twin Towers of ... once and futurepeculiarswtc https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/04/hans-kung-writes-open-letter-to-bishops.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Hans Kung Writes an Open Letter to the Bishops of the Roman Catholic... Raphael, "The Disputation of the Holy Eucharist," (the title is apocryphal, the original title was Theology ), 1510 This open letter to all... https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/07/dancing-giglio.html?showComment=1247442338882 Counterlight's Peculiars: Dancing the Giglio I skipped church today (well, my own church anyway) to watch an old Brooklyn tradition that I've heard about for years, the Dancing of the G... peculiarsdancinggiglio https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2021/04/new-paintings-for-second-passion-series.html Counterlight's Peculiars: New Paintings for the Second Passion Series All the completed paintings from the second Passion series can now be found here : Jesus Rises, oil on canvas, 26" x 26", 2020 Jesus Appears... new paintingsfor thepeculiarssecondpassion https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/07/open-letter-to-right-reverend-tom.html?showComment=1247771801708 Counterlight's Peculiars: An Open Letter to the Right Reverend Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham... Your Grace, Piss Off! Respectfully, F. Douglas Blanchard, Episcopalian Brooklyn, USA The opinion piece can be found here . Madpriest has a m... https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-love-wikipedia.html Counterlight's Peculiars: I Love Wikipedia I grew up with the World Book Encyclopedia, 1966 edition, and it looked just like the set above. My parents' meager grandmother-subsidized ... i lovepeculiarswikipedia https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/10/david-wojnarowicz-down-and-out-in-1980s.html?showComment=1256565770497 Counterlight's Peculiars: David Wojnarowicz: Down and Out in 1980s New York WARNING! This is a post on the late David Wojnarowicz. Be warned that the imagery and the language may be strong and offend some readers. ... down and outdavid wojnarowicz https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2012/04/prodigies-of-midtown-new-york.html?showComment=1335056509873 Counterlight's Peculiars: Prodigies of Midtown New York It was an almost perfect day out. It's my last Saturday before tsunamis of grading start breaking against my shore. So I decided to do so... peculiarsprodigiesmidtownnewyork https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/08/letter-from-ted-kennedy-to-pope.html Counterlight's Peculiars: A Letter from Ted Kennedy to the Pope This letter was read by Cardinal McCarrick at the Senator's burial in Arlington National Cemetery: I want you to know, your Holiness, that i... a letterted kennedyto thepeculiars https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/11/damn-trolls-full-speed-ahead.html?showComment=1257716597776 Counterlight's Peculiars: Damn the Trolls, Full Speed Ahead! My beloved trolls and stalkers will be happy to learn that I will continue this blog. I've gotten a number of appeals from fans in comments... full speedpeculiarsdamntrollsahead https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2013/03/todays-day.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Today's the Day The Supreme Court hears arguments over California's Proposition 8 today, and about the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) tomorrow. ... peculiarstoday https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/11/mimis-cataracts.html?showComment=1258226549542 Counterlight's Peculiars: Mimi's Cataracts ...are now history. I just got a call from her this morning to say that she is fine and the operation was a complete success. Thanks be to ... peculiarsmimicataracts https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/05/say-it-aint-so.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Say It Ain't So! Toujoursdan is closing down his blog, Culture Choc . He never seemed to get much of a readership, which is a shame because he writes one of ... say itpeculiars https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-book-is-published.html Counterlight's Peculiars: The Book Is Published The book about the Passion of Christ paintings that I painted almost 10 years ago is now published and on the market. Thanks to Kitt... the bookpeculiarspublished https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2011/06/high-praise-indeed.html Counterlight's Peculiars: High Praise Indeed One of my paintings is getting the supreme left-handed compliment of being featured on a right-wing Christianist website . I'm flattered. T... high praisepeculiarsindeed https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/05/oy.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Oy! What a day! -Deadly riots continue in Greece protesting coming austerity measures. -The Gulf oil spill, the size of Delaware, makes landfall... peculiarsoy https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2017/08/we-did-it-before-and-we-can-do-it-again.html Counterlight's Peculiars: We Did It Before And We Can Do It Again! Two of many reworked WWII posters making the rounds on the internet over the past few days: we did itcan dopeculiars https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/11/obscenities.html?showComment=1259235847234 Counterlight's Peculiars: Obscenities Vast human experience confirms that marriage is the original and most important institution for sustaining the health, education, and welfar... peculiars https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/07/open-letter-to-right-reverend-tom.html?showComment=1247668498043 Counterlight's Peculiars: An Open Letter to the Right Reverend Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham... Your Grace, Piss Off! Respectfully, F. Douglas Blanchard, Episcopalian Brooklyn, USA The opinion piece can be found here . Madpriest has a m... https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/09/demon-soda.html?showComment=1253315220947 Counterlight's Peculiars: Demon Soda I don't smoke. I'm not much of a drinker. I was never much of a recreational narcotics enthusiast (and I knew lots of them). But sugar is my... peculiarsdemonsoda https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/05/florence-preachers.html?showComment=1275413261435 Counterlight's Peculiars: Florence: The Preachers Florence was the city that invented the Renaissance (and perhaps by extension modernity), but it was a medieval city. Medieval civilization... peculiarsflorencepreachers https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/09/qimgming-festival.html?showComment=1283601892115 Counterlight's Peculiars: Qingming Festival The imperial tombs of China are only enormous and monumental expressions of beliefs and practices about the dead that are common to all Chin... peculiarsfestival https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2016/08/veit-stoss-of-nuremberg.html?showComment=1471997323054 Counterlight's Peculiars: Veit Stoss of Nuremberg It is a commonplace of art history these days to reduce the role of the artist in his/her own work, to discuss the artist as if ... peculiarsveitnuremberg https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2018/06/remembering-robert-grant.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Remembering Robert Grant Robert Grant died suddenly in the early morning hours of Memorial Day this year. His death shocked everyone. Robert always told me... remembering robertpeculiarsgrant https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2014/04/happy-easter-with-lot-of-noise-from.html?showComment=1398026483052 Counterlight's Peculiars: Happy Easter! With a Lot of Noise From Florence Time for Lo Scoppio del Carro del Fuoco (the Explosion of the Cart of Fire). Nobody does Easter quite like the Florentines. This ce... a lot ofhappy easter https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2017/03/lenten-thought.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Lenten Thought If you need the fires of hell to terrify you into being a good person, then you probably aren't and never were. peculiarslententhought https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/08/senator-edward-moore-kennedy-1932-2009.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Senator Edward Moore Kennedy, 1932 - 2009 edward moorepeculiarssenatorkennedy https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/09/henry-gibson-1935-2009.html?showComment=1253322041341 Counterlight's Peculiars: Henry Gibson 1935 - 2009 Most people will remember him for his stints on Laugh In, but I will remember him for his brilliant performance as a right wing country-west... henry gibsonpeculiars https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2012/04/ Counterlight's Peculiars: April 2012 "Art is a lie that tells the truth" -- Pablo Picasso peculiarsapril https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2012/01/bill-ferren.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Bill Ferren Bill Ferren, an old friend to me and to many others at my parish of St. Luke in the Fields here in New York, died this morning at 8AM. He wa... peculiarsbill https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2008/10/anti-mom.html Counterlight's Peculiars: The Anti-Mom Let's take a break from hockey moms with someone who really knew how to press some buttons. She was black. She was from St. Louis. She sang... the antipeculiarsmom https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/11/american-principate.html?showComment=1258035687356 Counterlight's Peculiars: The American Principate Giambologna, Cosimo de Medici, the first Grand Duke of Tuscany. One of the most fascinating and troubling aspects of Florentine history is h... the americanpeculiars https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2019/04/pete-buttigieg-long-rambling-reflection.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Pete Buttigieg; A Long Rambling Reflection Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana now polls in third place in Iowa just behind Biden and Bernie. That a married openly g... pete buttigiega longpeculiarsramblingreflection https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/05/florence-preachers.html?showComment=1275370294258 Counterlight's Peculiars: Florence: The Preachers Florence was the city that invented the Renaissance (and perhaps by extension modernity), but it was a medieval city. Medieval civilization... peculiarsflorencepreachers https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2008/12/newsweek-gets-roasted-over-gay-marriage.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Newsweek gets roasted over gay marriage. As you might expect, Newsweek is taking a beating for their cover story this week on gay marriage. I sent them a letter of support, though s... peculiarsnewsweekgetsroastedgay https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2011/02/republican-president-on-labor.html Counterlight's Peculiars: A Republican President on Labor Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first exis... peculiarsrepublicanpresidentlabor https://hannahmariska.blogspot.com/2012/07/review-peculiars.html My Book Journey: REVIEW: THE PECULIARS Author: Maureen Doyle McQuerry Series: No, standalone UK Publisher: May 2012 UK Release date: Amulet Genre: YA Read via NetGalley O... my bookjourneyreviewpeculiars https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2012/02/legitimacy.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Legitimacy Elizabeth Drew writes about the role of big super PAC money in this year's elections, and about efforts in Republican controlled states to ... peculiarslegitimacy https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/12/thoughts-for-evening.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Thoughts for the Evening -Us Liberals and Progressives always take it on the chin. We're always on the defensive. Our side still believes that people are fundament... for thepeculiarsthoughtsevening https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2012/11/schadenfreude.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Schadenfreude Joe Jervis over on JoeMyGod spent the whole week just wallowing in schadenfreude since the election. And why shouldn't he? And why should... peculiarsschadenfreude https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2016/02/here-we-go-again.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Here We Go Again Facebook once again rejects an advertisement for Kittredge Cherry's book, The Passion of Christ; A Gay Vision featuring my one and only rel... here we gopeculiars https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-new-year.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Happy New Year! I'm grateful for old friends and new ones, and for all of my friends through the internet. A Happy and Prosperous New Year to you all! To c... peculiarshappynewyear https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2012/03/is-it-just-me.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Is It Just Me ... ... or is Thinking Anglicans down? Hacked? Maintenance? Me? peculiars https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2013/10/one-year-ago-today-sandy.html Counterlight's Peculiars: One Year Ago Today: Sandy Ocean View, New Jersey last year. Breezy Point in Queens last year I'm so grateful for blue skies today. one year ago todaypeculiarssandy https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2011/01/david-kato-kisuule-1969-2011.html Counterlight's Peculiars: David Kato Kisuule 1969 - 2011 Almighty God, by whose grace and power your holy Martyr David triumphed over sufferings and was faithful even to death: Grant us, who now re... peculiarsdavidkato https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2008/10/united-states.html Counterlight's Peculiars: The "United" States Take a look at this. As I've always said, one of the amazing things about the USA is that we've had only one civil war. I remember families ... the unitedpeculiarsstates https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-at-stake-in-gay-marriage.html Counterlight's Peculiars: What is at Stake in the Gay Marriage Controversy Two women are suing hospitals in separate lawsuits because they were denied access to their dying partners. One of them was told by a Flor... what is at stake https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/11/black-velvet-if-you-please.html?showComment=1257693769263 Counterlight's Peculiars: Black Velvet, If You Please Alright folks, we missed the bus to the museum, so let's head out to the airport Marriott to look at an American art form (if you don't mind... black velvetpeculiarsplease https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2015/02/amsterdam.html?showComment=1424341155821 Counterlight's Peculiars: Amsterdam A map of Amsterdam by Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode, 1625 (Wikipedia) Wait a minute! I haven't finished boring everyone with my ... peculiarsamsterdam https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2015/03/boris-nemtsov-murdered.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Boris Nemtsov Murdered The prime suspect orders a thorough investigation. Nemtsov speaking at an opposition rally. Nemtsov under arrest in 2010 ... peculiarsborisnemtsovmurdered https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-am-optimist-about-nothing-francis.html?showComment=1244921234721 Counterlight's Peculiars: "I Am An Optimist About Nothing," Francis Bacon at the Met Photograph of Bacon taken by John Deakin for Vogue , 1962 I spent part of the day yesterday looking at the Bacon show at the Metropolitan Mu... https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2015/06/another-day-another-massacre.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Another Day, Another Massacre People praying in Charleston, SC last night A young white man opened fire on a Bible study class in a historic AME church in Charlest... another daypeculiarsmassacre https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-isenheim-altarpiece.html?showComment=1397196255082 Counterlight's Peculiars: The Isenheim Altarpiece The Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, France, housed in an old Dominican convent, contains one of the most dramatic and spectacular altarpie... peculiars https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/05/contemporary-21st-century-economics.html?showComment=1274842384385 Counterlight's Peculiars: 21st Century Economics Whole populations must bear austerity measures in the middle of the worst economic slide since the 1930s so that their governments can rescu... peculiarscenturyeconomics https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2012/02/coming-out-matters.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Coming Out Matters And it has always mattered. Read this from an op ed piece today by Michael Klarman, a Harvard Law Professor in the LA Times. He argues th... coming outpeculiarsmatters https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/09/pope-who.html?showComment=1284449341433 Counterlight's Peculiars: Pope Who? Apparently, the Brits are yawning with anticipation of His Holiness' historic visit. Which is the real Uncle Fester played by Christopher L... peculiarspope https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/12/shortest-darkest-day-of-year.html Counterlight's Peculiars: The Shortest Darkest Day of the Year Today is the day when ancient pre-Christian Europeans remembered their dead. Everyone knows that Stonehenge's famous heel stone marks the ... day ofpeculiarsshortestyear https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/09/amerika-amerika.html?showComment=1253969858283 Counterlight's Peculiars: Amerika Amerika I've felt like crap all week, and now I'm finally down sick as a dog. I have a fever and I hurt everywhere, even my teeth. Michael and I h... peculiarsamerika https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/09/autumn-in-new-york.html?showComment=1285038275880 Counterlight's Peculiars: Autumn in New York "Art is a lie that tells the truth" -- Pablo Picasso peculiarsautumnnewyork https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2011/10/giles-fraser-resigns.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Giles Fraser Resigns Giles Fraser, contributing columnist at The Guardian and canon priest at St. Paul's Cathedral, resigns over the decision of the chapter to ... peculiarsgilesfraser https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-2012.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Christmas 2012 There is a special sadness and poignancy to Christmas this year. In this country, the recent massacre of small school children in Connectic... peculiarschristmas https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/10/third-man.html Counterlight's Peculiars: The Third Man I watched Carol Reed's classic movie The Third Man on the TeeVee last night for the first time in a long time. I really like it, though I ... the thirdpeculiarsman https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2015/06/rainbows-over-usa.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Rainbows Over The USA Rainbow over Washington DC Rainbows over New York Rainbows over Kansas Rainbow over Chicago Rainbow ov... peculiarsrainbowsusa https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2015/05/commencement-season.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Commencement Season Farewell to my childhood, Goodbye to my school, Dressed like a professor, I feel like a fool, My mother is crying, Dad straight... peculiarscommencementseason https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/09/conservative.html?showComment=1285022114481 Counterlight's Peculiars: Conservative I've decided to declare a personal moratorium on using the above word. It doesn't mean anything anymore. It is now a term of convenience us... peculiarsconservative https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2011/02/edwin-blashfield.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Edwin Blashfield Edwin Blashfield 1848 - 1936 I must confess that I know almost nothing about this artist. He was a native of New York trained under the Le... peculiarsedwin https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/10/music-for-rest-of-us.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Music for The Rest of Us There are times when I miss the 18th century. This piece is one of them. Here are the words of John Dryden set to Handel's music; the first... for thepeculiarsmusicrest https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2010/12/is-painting-dead.html Counterlight's Peculiars: Is Painting Dead? No, not quite My painting of Theseus fighting the Minotaur was a big hit at the faculty show recently. The kids loved it. Of course they w... peculiarspaintingdead https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/07/luxury-hives.html?showComment=1247011406620 Counterlight's Peculiars: Luxury Hives This is the Bowery right now. I wouldn't know looking at this picture. Believe it or not, this is the corner of Bowery and Houston in New Y... peculiarsluxuryhives https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/08/real-death-panels.html Counterlight's Peculiars: The Real Death Panels We already have death panels determining who lives and who dies. Read about it here . They are run by the insurance companies, and whether... the realpeculiarsdeathpanels https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2009/11/obscenities.html?showComment=1259531719712 Counterlight's Peculiars: Obscenities Vast human experience confirms that marriage is the original and most important institution for sustaining the health, education, and welfar... peculiars https://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2014/08/im-back.html Counterlight's Peculiars: I'm Back That's right. I'm back from a 5 week tour of Europe. The only place we missed was Berlin. We decided that city was too much for the 2 day... i mpeculiarsback