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Beloved Blogger Robert J. LaCosta
- Oct 9, 2018
- 1 min
The Battle of Female Photographers
God is spirit and the human body represents how He wanted to house our spirit. Walking up to the world’s most famous statue, David by Mic...
Beloved Blogger Robert J. LaCosta
- Oct 8, 2018
- 1 min
The Most Massive Edifice on Earth!
Dwarfed by the magnificence of The Duomo of Florence, I am not so much humbled by this massive edifice as I am of two Texan ladies who as...
Beloved Blogger Robert J. LaCosta
- Oct 7, 2018
- 1 min
C'mon, 45 Million? Really?
Rainy long lines outside a church must spell passion among the faithful… Actually, we were tourists waiting to get into Venice’s famed Sa...
Beloved Blogger Robert J. LaCosta
- Oct 5, 2018
- 1 min
The Map is Not The Territory
Venezia from my airplane window didn't tell the whole story. “The map is not the territory” was the favorite expression of my semantics p...
Beloved Blogger Robert J. LaCosta
- Oct 4, 2018
- 1 min
The Antibiotic for the Demonic
We treat the dark lightly. Spiritual “attacks” are often poo-pooed by those who don’t recognize they or someone else is under it. This ...
Beloved Blogger Robert J. LaCosta
- Oct 1, 2018
- 1 min
Italy vs. Peak Foliage
What was I thinking when I booked a trip to Italy during upstate New York’s peak foliage season? All of my life, I’ve wanted to go to the...
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