After the Winter Olympics break, National Hockey League play has recommenced. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
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#icehockey
Pierre Luc-Dubois, Washington Capitals (on the ice)
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Photograph of US soldier Edgar Clay Spence, who died on his birthday on February 29, 1968, in Vietnam.
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
February 29
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Edgar Clay Spence, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Died of "fragmentation wounds" in Gia Dinh, Vietnam on February 29, 1968, on his birthday.
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Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world (cannot afford this one!).
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Claude Monet, "Maison de Jardinier"
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28 February Saint of the Day: St. Auguste Chapdelaine 1914-1856
French priest, he joined the Paris Institute of Foreign Missions in 1851 and arrived in Guangxi Province, China in 1852. Following arrest along with local Catholics, he was tortured to death.
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After the Winter Olympics break, National Hockey League play has recommenced. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Dylan Holloway, St. Louis Blues (#81)
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Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
February 27
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#restinpeace
William Seth Ricketts, Corinth, Mississippi. Died February 27, 2010 from small arms fire in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan.
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Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Kehinde Wiley, "Terence Nance"
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27 February Saint of the Day: Blessed Maria Josefa Karolina Brader 1860-1943
Swiss-born nun, she served as a missionary teacher in Ecuador and then Colombia, where she founded the still extant Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate.
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Interesting article. Thank you for posting!
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After the Winter Olympics break, National Hockey League p-lay has recommenced. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Pavel Dorofeyev, Las Vegas Knights
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Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
February 26
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#restinpeace
Brian Michael Connelly, Union Beach, New Jersey. Died in roadside bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, on February 26, 2009.
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Painting by Polish artist Aleksander Augustynowicz of a Polish woman in traditional dress picking purple crocus blossoms into a wicker basket.
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Aleksander Augustynowicz, "A Highlander Woman Picking Crocuses"
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Photograph of Spanish nun Paula Montal Fornés de San José de Calasanz, whose feast day is February 26th.
26 February Saint of the Day: St. Paula Montal Fornés de San José de Calasanz 1799-1889
Spanish educator, then nun, she founded schools for girls before starting her own congregation, the still extant Daughters of Mary, Sisters of the Pious Schools.
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Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
February 25
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#restinpeace
Ronald D. Rennison, Dubuque, IA. One of 28 killed in an Iraqi missile attack on a barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on February 25, 1991.
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Painting by Pakistani-American Salman Toor of a young adult male wearing a heavy coat over a maroon shirt and T-shirt, in a clearing with trees in the background, all under overcast skies.
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Salman Toor, "James"
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Prayer card of Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani, a Maltese nun, whose feast day is February 25th.
25 February Saint of the Day: Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani 1806-1855
Italian-born Maltese nun, she emigrated at 18 to join her deported father in Malta. She entered St. Peter's Monastery in Mdina at 21, and remained cloistered until her death. She was abbess.
#Catholic
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American Regionalism Art of the 1930s is my absolute favorite genre. Thank you for posting this painting!
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Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
February 24
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#restinpeace
William Eric Emmert, Fayetteville, TN. Died on February 24, 2009 in Mosul, Iraq, after being shot during a local Iraqi police event.
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Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Saud Al Qahtani, "Spirit of the South"
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Photograph of Blessed Ascensión Nicol y Goñi, a Spanish nun from Huesca who immigrated to Peru during anti-clerical fervor. In Peru she founded the Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Rosary. Her feast day is February 24th.
24 February Saint of the Day: Blessed Maria Ascension Nicol y Goñi 1868-1940
Spanish nun, she taught in Huesca before her school was taken over by the government. She left Spain for Peru. There she founded the still extant Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary.
#Catholic
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Photograph of Donald Henry Sisson, American soldier from Portsmouth, Rhode Island killed in rocket attack in Vietnam on February 23, 1969.
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
February 23
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#restinpeace
Donald Henry Sisson, Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Killed in rocket attack on February 23, 1969 in Binh Duong, Vietnam.
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Collage by American artist Ian Tweedy depicting what seems to be military clothing organized in the shape of a bust.
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Ian Tweedy, "Bust, Post Red Scare Raid"
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23 February Saint of the Day: Venerable Paula Delpuig Gelabert 1811-1889
Spanish nun of the Congregation of Carmelite Sisters of Charity, founded by St. Joaquina de Vedruna. She succeeded St. Joaquina and expanded the Congregation's reach.
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Appropriately, at the end of the NHL ice hockey Olympics break, this morning I watched the men's hockey gold medal match.
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Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
February 22
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#restinpeace
Christopher Lee Marion, Pineville, Missouri. Killed in a roadside bombing in Al Hawijah, Iraq, on February 22, 2006.
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Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Ulrich Erben, untitled
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Drawing of St. Margaret of Cortona, whose feast day is February 22nd.
22 February Saint of the Day: St. Margaret of Cortona 1247-1207
Italian religious, before conversion she was the mistress of a nobleman for nine years. His murder reordered her life. She joined the Franciscans and founded a congregation and a hospital.
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You are right; you did not suggest I memorialize more women. I did not read your original comment accurately.
21.02.2026 18:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I do try to be careful in posting to distinguish between combat and non-combat deaths. I search by the day, of course, and so who I highlight is not prioritized by circumstances of death. Your suggestion to honor more women is a point well taken. And I know recent deaths are more often commemorated.
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