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Threescore and Ten

In Boston; went to the Museum of Fine Arts.


Tintoretto, self-portrait circa 1546


Tintoretto, self-portrait circa 1588

ἔργα νέων, βουλαὶ δὲ μέσων, εὐχαὶ δὲ γερόντων

deeds [are] of the young; counsel, the middle-aged; prayers, the old.

—Hesiod, fragments

 

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Texts and images copyright (C) 2022 Pauline Kerschen. Layout adapted from the Single A Tumblr theme by businessbullpen. The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) has zygodactylic feet, leaving X-shaped tracks with ambiguous direction. The Pueblo and Hopi used the X symbol to mislead evil spirits. Border folklore in the early twentieth century held that a roadrunner would lead a lost traveler back to his path. In Mexico the roadrunner is known as paisano, countryman.