Hagiography – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Organ-grindish twitterings for November

Dominated by a sojourn in the Czech Republic.

A steam locomotive at Zaječí, Southern Moravia. In the background, the Hodonín express.

Revealed, the identity of the horny apparition in the story of St Benedict, the blackbird, and the nettles

A 19th century Roman historian says she’s from the Roman Merula (blackbird) clan.

Detail of Nicolò di Pietro, The temptation of Saint Benedict.