Saint Mark’s Day, April 25

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Mark Zeiger

Today, April 25th, is Saint Mark’s Day. Ironically, considering my casual interest in saints and iconography, I have no icon of my namesake saint, and I sometimes overlook the feast day itself. Perhaps it’s because the icon that started my collection was that of my middle namesake, Andrew. I never asked my parents why they brought me an Andrew icon instead of a Mark when they visited Greece and the Middle East; such a question would have been ungracious. Continue reading →

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Exploring The Blow Down

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Mark Zeiger

Recently Aly I got the urge to go exploring. We chose the Blow Down, an area of the peninsula that we pass through quite often, but have not probed extensively before. Continue reading →

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