28 May
Born in 1853 – Carl Larsson, Swedish artist.
Above: Holiday Reading, 1916
Also, born in 1912, Australian writer Patrick White.
I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by dividing it into its component parts and labeling them scientifically. It must be breathed to be understood.
Previously on May 28, Larsson and Walker Percy.



at some point someone's been sewing
at some point there will be tea
but right now in the chestnut's cool shadows
its reading for you and for me.