Brian Handy
@brianhandy.bsky.social
Lifelong learner. Poetry reader. Periodic traveler. Liberal Christian. Fond of obscure Catholic and Orthodox saints.
The 2025-26 National Hockey League season is in full swing. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Josh Doan, Buffalo Sabres
www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hock...
#NHL
#icehockey
Josh Doan, Buffalo Sabres
www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hock...
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The 2025-26 National Hockey League season is in full swing. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Josh Doan, Buffalo Sabres
www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hock...
#NHL
#icehockey
Josh Doan, Buffalo Sabres
www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hock...
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
December 10
#veteran
#restinpeace
Colin Purdie Kelly, Jr., Madison, FL. He was the first American B-17 WWII pilot to be shot down in combat, on December 10, 1941.
www.historyandheadlines.com/history-dece...
December 10
#veteran
#restinpeace
Colin Purdie Kelly, Jr., Madison, FL. He was the first American B-17 WWII pilot to be shot down in combat, on December 10, 1941.
www.historyandheadlines.com/history-dece...
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
December 10
#veteran
#restinpeace
Colin Purdie Kelly, Jr., Madison, FL. He was the first American B-17 WWII pilot to be shot down in combat, on December 10, 1941.
www.historyandheadlines.com/history-dece...
December 10
#veteran
#restinpeace
Colin Purdie Kelly, Jr., Madison, FL. He was the first American B-17 WWII pilot to be shot down in combat, on December 10, 1941.
www.historyandheadlines.com/history-dece...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Montague Dawson, "Fresh Weather"
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Montague Dawson, "Fresh Weather"
www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk/departments/...
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Montague Dawson, "Fresh Weather"
www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk/departments/...
#painting
Montague Dawson, "Fresh Weather"
www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk/departments/...
10 December Saint of the Day: St. Edmund Gennings 1567-1591
Page to an Englishman who became a priest in France, Gennings followed in his footsteps and was also ordained. Gennings returned to England to minister to Catholics. Martyred in London with six others.
#Catholic
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Page to an Englishman who became a priest in France, Gennings followed in his footsteps and was also ordained. Gennings returned to England to minister to Catholics. Martyred in London with six others.
#Catholic
faith.nd.edu/saint/the-lo...
December 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
10 December Saint of the Day: St. Edmund Gennings 1567-1591
Page to an Englishman who became a priest in France, Gennings followed in his footsteps and was also ordained. Gennings returned to England to minister to Catholics. Martyred in London with six others.
#Catholic
faith.nd.edu/saint/the-lo...
Page to an Englishman who became a priest in France, Gennings followed in his footsteps and was also ordained. Gennings returned to England to minister to Catholics. Martyred in London with six others.
#Catholic
faith.nd.edu/saint/the-lo...
Each day I post biographies and photos of American armed forces member who died in action.
December 9
#veteran
#restinpeace
Andrew Shields, Campobello, SC and Patrick Leach, Rock Hill, SC. Pilots of two helicopters that collided over Mosul, Iraq on December 9, 2004.
www.goupstate.com/story/news/2...
December 9
#veteran
#restinpeace
Andrew Shields, Campobello, SC and Patrick Leach, Rock Hill, SC. Pilots of two helicopters that collided over Mosul, Iraq on December 9, 2004.
www.goupstate.com/story/news/2...
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Each day I post biographies and photos of American armed forces member who died in action.
December 9
#veteran
#restinpeace
Andrew Shields, Campobello, SC and Patrick Leach, Rock Hill, SC. Pilots of two helicopters that collided over Mosul, Iraq on December 9, 2004.
www.goupstate.com/story/news/2...
December 9
#veteran
#restinpeace
Andrew Shields, Campobello, SC and Patrick Leach, Rock Hill, SC. Pilots of two helicopters that collided over Mosul, Iraq on December 9, 2004.
www.goupstate.com/story/news/2...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Carla Badiali, "Le vent se lève (Composition no. 42)"
www.martiniarte.it/asta64-opere...
#painting
Carla Badiali, "Le vent se lève (Composition no. 42)"
www.martiniarte.it/asta64-opere...
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Carla Badiali, "Le vent se lève (Composition no. 42)"
www.martiniarte.it/asta64-opere...
#painting
Carla Badiali, "Le vent se lève (Composition no. 42)"
www.martiniarte.it/asta64-opere...
9 December Saint of the Day: Venerable Fulton John Sheen 1895-1979
American diocesan priest, he earned philosophy doctorate degrees from universities in Belgium and Rome. Popular radio and television host, he received an Emmy. Bishop of Rochester, New York.
#Catholic
fulton-sheen.catholic.edu/bio/
American diocesan priest, he earned philosophy doctorate degrees from universities in Belgium and Rome. Popular radio and television host, he received an Emmy. Bishop of Rochester, New York.
#Catholic
fulton-sheen.catholic.edu/bio/
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
9 December Saint of the Day: Venerable Fulton John Sheen 1895-1979
American diocesan priest, he earned philosophy doctorate degrees from universities in Belgium and Rome. Popular radio and television host, he received an Emmy. Bishop of Rochester, New York.
#Catholic
fulton-sheen.catholic.edu/bio/
American diocesan priest, he earned philosophy doctorate degrees from universities in Belgium and Rome. Popular radio and television host, he received an Emmy. Bishop of Rochester, New York.
#Catholic
fulton-sheen.catholic.edu/bio/
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died from combat wounds.
December 8
#veteran
#restinpeace
Spencer Clark Akers, Traverse City, MI. Died on December 8, 2005 following a roadside bombing in Habbaniyah, Iraq.
www.fallenheroesproject.org/post/spencer...
December 8
#veteran
#restinpeace
Spencer Clark Akers, Traverse City, MI. Died on December 8, 2005 following a roadside bombing in Habbaniyah, Iraq.
www.fallenheroesproject.org/post/spencer...
December 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died from combat wounds.
December 8
#veteran
#restinpeace
Spencer Clark Akers, Traverse City, MI. Died on December 8, 2005 following a roadside bombing in Habbaniyah, Iraq.
www.fallenheroesproject.org/post/spencer...
December 8
#veteran
#restinpeace
Spencer Clark Akers, Traverse City, MI. Died on December 8, 2005 following a roadside bombing in Habbaniyah, Iraq.
www.fallenheroesproject.org/post/spencer...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Johann Peter Raadsig, "The Rescue is Near"
freemansauction.com/auctions/638...
#painting
Johann Peter Raadsig, "The Rescue is Near"
freemansauction.com/auctions/638...
December 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Johann Peter Raadsig, "The Rescue is Near"
freemansauction.com/auctions/638...
#painting
Johann Peter Raadsig, "The Rescue is Near"
freemansauction.com/auctions/638...
8 December Saint of the Day: St. Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Morán 1832-1869
Born in Ecuador, she joined the Dominican Tertiaries in Lima, Peru where she lived in the Patrocinio convent. She prayed hours each day and fasted often. She was canonized in 2008.
#Catholic
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Born in Ecuador, she joined the Dominican Tertiaries in Lima, Peru where she lived in the Patrocinio convent. She prayed hours each day and fasted often. She was canonized in 2008.
#Catholic
www.vatican.va/news_service...
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
8 December Saint of the Day: St. Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Morán 1832-1869
Born in Ecuador, she joined the Dominican Tertiaries in Lima, Peru where she lived in the Patrocinio convent. She prayed hours each day and fasted often. She was canonized in 2008.
#Catholic
www.vatican.va/news_service...
Born in Ecuador, she joined the Dominican Tertiaries in Lima, Peru where she lived in the Patrocinio convent. She prayed hours each day and fasted often. She was canonized in 2008.
#Catholic
www.vatican.va/news_service...
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during combat.
December 7
#veteran
#restinpeace
Anthony Hawkins, Jr., Florence, AL. Mess attendant, he was one of 19 killed on the USS Curtiss at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
www.honorstates.org/index.php?id...
December 7
#veteran
#restinpeace
Anthony Hawkins, Jr., Florence, AL. Mess attendant, he was one of 19 killed on the USS Curtiss at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
www.honorstates.org/index.php?id...
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during combat.
December 7
#veteran
#restinpeace
Anthony Hawkins, Jr., Florence, AL. Mess attendant, he was one of 19 killed on the USS Curtiss at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
www.honorstates.org/index.php?id...
December 7
#veteran
#restinpeace
Anthony Hawkins, Jr., Florence, AL. Mess attendant, he was one of 19 killed on the USS Curtiss at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
www.honorstates.org/index.php?id...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Sándor Ziffer, "Rue Vaugirard, View of the Courtyard, 1910"
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#painting
Sándor Ziffer, "Rue Vaugirard, View of the Courtyard, 1910"
viragjuditgaleria.hu/en/product/r...
December 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Sándor Ziffer, "Rue Vaugirard, View of the Courtyard, 1910"
viragjuditgaleria.hu/en/product/r...
#painting
Sándor Ziffer, "Rue Vaugirard, View of the Courtyard, 1910"
viragjuditgaleria.hu/en/product/r...
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during combat.
December 6
#veteran
#restinpeace
Megan Malia Leilani McClung, Mission Viejo, CA. First female Marine Corps officer to die in combat in Iraq War, on December 6, 2006.
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December 6
#veteran
#restinpeace
Megan Malia Leilani McClung, Mission Viejo, CA. First female Marine Corps officer to die in combat in Iraq War, on December 6, 2006.
usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/ME...
December 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during combat.
December 6
#veteran
#restinpeace
Megan Malia Leilani McClung, Mission Viejo, CA. First female Marine Corps officer to die in combat in Iraq War, on December 6, 2006.
usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/ME...
December 6
#veteran
#restinpeace
Megan Malia Leilani McClung, Mission Viejo, CA. First female Marine Corps officer to die in combat in Iraq War, on December 6, 2006.
usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/ME...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Jan Preisler, "Human creative thought (Mosaic design for the Provincial Bank in Prague)"
www.acb.cz/en/art-price...
#painting
Jan Preisler, "Human creative thought (Mosaic design for the Provincial Bank in Prague)"
www.acb.cz/en/art-price...
December 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Jan Preisler, "Human creative thought (Mosaic design for the Provincial Bank in Prague)"
www.acb.cz/en/art-price...
#painting
Jan Preisler, "Human creative thought (Mosaic design for the Provincial Bank in Prague)"
www.acb.cz/en/art-price...
6 December Saint of the Day: Venerable José Merino Andrés 1906-1968
Spanish Dominican priest, he served as Superior of monasteries in Asturias and Madrid, and then as a missionary to Mexico. Back in Spain he served as Provincial Novice Master for 16 years.
#Catholic
www.dominicos.org/noticia/tras...
Spanish Dominican priest, he served as Superior of monasteries in Asturias and Madrid, and then as a missionary to Mexico. Back in Spain he served as Provincial Novice Master for 16 years.
#Catholic
www.dominicos.org/noticia/tras...
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
6 December Saint of the Day: Venerable José Merino Andrés 1906-1968
Spanish Dominican priest, he served as Superior of monasteries in Asturias and Madrid, and then as a missionary to Mexico. Back in Spain he served as Provincial Novice Master for 16 years.
#Catholic
www.dominicos.org/noticia/tras...
Spanish Dominican priest, he served as Superior of monasteries in Asturias and Madrid, and then as a missionary to Mexico. Back in Spain he served as Provincial Novice Master for 16 years.
#Catholic
www.dominicos.org/noticia/tras...
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during combat.
December 5
#veteran
#restinpeace
Elijah John Miles Rao, Lake Oswego, Oregon. Killed in roadside bombing in Alin Gar, Afghanistan on December 5, 2009.
www.columbian.com/news/2009/de...
December 5
#veteran
#restinpeace
Elijah John Miles Rao, Lake Oswego, Oregon. Killed in roadside bombing in Alin Gar, Afghanistan on December 5, 2009.
www.columbian.com/news/2009/de...
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during combat.
December 5
#veteran
#restinpeace
Elijah John Miles Rao, Lake Oswego, Oregon. Killed in roadside bombing in Alin Gar, Afghanistan on December 5, 2009.
www.columbian.com/news/2009/de...
December 5
#veteran
#restinpeace
Elijah John Miles Rao, Lake Oswego, Oregon. Killed in roadside bombing in Alin Gar, Afghanistan on December 5, 2009.
www.columbian.com/news/2009/de...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Albert Goodwin, "The Island: Before the Call of Prospero (Scene from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest')"
clarkeny.com/auctions/?a=...
#painting
Albert Goodwin, "The Island: Before the Call of Prospero (Scene from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest')"
clarkeny.com/auctions/?a=...
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Albert Goodwin, "The Island: Before the Call of Prospero (Scene from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest')"
clarkeny.com/auctions/?a=...
#painting
Albert Goodwin, "The Island: Before the Call of Prospero (Scene from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest')"
clarkeny.com/auctions/?a=...
The 2025-26 National Hockey League season is in full swing. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Ryan Leonard, Washington Capitals
www.nhl.com/sharks/news/...
#NHL
#icehockey
Ryan Leonard, Washington Capitals
www.nhl.com/sharks/news/...
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The 2025-26 National Hockey League season is in full swing. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Ryan Leonard, Washington Capitals
www.nhl.com/sharks/news/...
#NHL
#icehockey
Ryan Leonard, Washington Capitals
www.nhl.com/sharks/news/...
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during combat.
December 4
#veteran
#restinpeace
Richard Lee Schild, Tabor, South Dakota. Killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 4, 2005.
vetaffairs.sd.gov/resources/Fa...
December 4
#veteran
#restinpeace
Richard Lee Schild, Tabor, South Dakota. Killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 4, 2005.
vetaffairs.sd.gov/resources/Fa...
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during combat.
December 4
#veteran
#restinpeace
Richard Lee Schild, Tabor, South Dakota. Killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 4, 2005.
vetaffairs.sd.gov/resources/Fa...
December 4
#veteran
#restinpeace
Richard Lee Schild, Tabor, South Dakota. Killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 4, 2005.
vetaffairs.sd.gov/resources/Fa...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Lucien Simon, "Enterrement à Quimper"
www.giquelloetassocies.fr/lot/170452/3...
#painting
Lucien Simon, "Enterrement à Quimper"
www.giquelloetassocies.fr/lot/170452/3...
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Lucien Simon, "Enterrement à Quimper"
www.giquelloetassocies.fr/lot/170452/3...
#painting
Lucien Simon, "Enterrement à Quimper"
www.giquelloetassocies.fr/lot/170452/3...
4 December Saint of the Day: St. John Damascene (John of Damascus) 675 (?)-749
Syrian priest and monk at Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem, he was a polymath, talented in theology, musicology, poetry, philosophy and law. He is a Doctor of the Church.
#Catholic
www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the...
Syrian priest and monk at Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem, he was a polymath, talented in theology, musicology, poetry, philosophy and law. He is a Doctor of the Church.
#Catholic
www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the...
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
4 December Saint of the Day: St. John Damascene (John of Damascus) 675 (?)-749
Syrian priest and monk at Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem, he was a polymath, talented in theology, musicology, poetry, philosophy and law. He is a Doctor of the Church.
#Catholic
www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the...
Syrian priest and monk at Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem, he was a polymath, talented in theology, musicology, poetry, philosophy and law. He is a Doctor of the Church.
#Catholic
www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the...
Each day I post a biography and photo of American armed forces members who died during combat.
December 3
#veteran
#restinpeace
Tyler Orgaard, Bismarck, and Darren Linde, Devils Lake. North Dakota National Guard members killed in Afghanistan on December 3, 2012.
www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...
December 3
#veteran
#restinpeace
Tyler Orgaard, Bismarck, and Darren Linde, Devils Lake. North Dakota National Guard members killed in Afghanistan on December 3, 2012.
www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of American armed forces members who died during combat.
December 3
#veteran
#restinpeace
Tyler Orgaard, Bismarck, and Darren Linde, Devils Lake. North Dakota National Guard members killed in Afghanistan on December 3, 2012.
www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...
December 3
#veteran
#restinpeace
Tyler Orgaard, Bismarck, and Darren Linde, Devils Lake. North Dakota National Guard members killed in Afghanistan on December 3, 2012.
www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Carl Grossberg, "Festung Marienberg bei Würzburg"
auction.van-ham.com/en/carl-gros...
#painting
Carl Grossberg, "Festung Marienberg bei Würzburg"
auction.van-ham.com/en/carl-gros...
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Carl Grossberg, "Festung Marienberg bei Würzburg"
auction.van-ham.com/en/carl-gros...
#painting
Carl Grossberg, "Festung Marienberg bei Würzburg"
auction.van-ham.com/en/carl-gros...
3 December Saint of the Day: St. Francis Xavier 1506-1552
Spanish priest; with his friend at the University of Paris St. Ignatius of Loyola, he co-founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Missionary to Mozambique, India, Borneo, Japan and China.
#Catholic
www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...
Spanish priest; with his friend at the University of Paris St. Ignatius of Loyola, he co-founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Missionary to Mozambique, India, Borneo, Japan and China.
#Catholic
www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
3 December Saint of the Day: St. Francis Xavier 1506-1552
Spanish priest; with his friend at the University of Paris St. Ignatius of Loyola, he co-founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Missionary to Mozambique, India, Borneo, Japan and China.
#Catholic
www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...
Spanish priest; with his friend at the University of Paris St. Ignatius of Loyola, he co-founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Missionary to Mozambique, India, Borneo, Japan and China.
#Catholic
www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...
The 2025-26 National Hockey League season is in full swing. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Tyler Toffoli, San Jose Sharks
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#NHL
#icehockey
Tyler Toffoli, San Jose Sharks
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December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The 2025-26 National Hockey League season is in full swing. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Tyler Toffoli, San Jose Sharks
abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireS...
#NHL
#icehockey
Tyler Toffoli, San Jose Sharks
abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireS...