"Boys In The Better Land" by Fontaines D.C.

I am so entranced with the pre-punk/post-punk, Jim Carroll-esque storytelling energy of this song, "Boys In The Better Land" by Dublin-based Fontaines D.C. (stands for Dublin City)...it feels fresh, young, earnest, exhilarating, urgent.

https://www.fontainesdc.com/

Winter World

Hachenburg, Germany

Christmas Lane, Quebec, Canada

Paris, France

Prague, Czech Republic

Marienplatz, Munich, Germany

New York, New York

Florence, Italy

London, England

York Minster, York, England

Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin, Ireland

Happy Valentine's Day

This is an image of one of the purported relics of St. Valentine. Several churches claim to have the skull and other relics of this saint including a church in Dublin, Ireland. This skull is located in the Basilica Santa Maria Cosmedin, a minor church in Rome. The image below is of the alleged remains of St. Valantinus. They were supposedly removed from the catacombs of Rome in the seventeenth century, dressed in jewel-encrusted robes and relocated to a remote church on the German/Czech border. They are still there.

A Heart for Valentine's Day.