Brian Handy
@brianhandy.bsky.social
Lifelong learner. Poetry reader. Periodic traveler. Liberal Christian. Fond of obscure Catholic and Orthodox saints.
600 followers! Though many of those followers are bots, I do thank regular readers of my posts here, currently about saints, art at auction, fallen American armed forces members, and U.S. athletes excelling. I will reach my one-year anniversary here next month; thanks for your continuing interest.
January 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
600 followers! Though many of those followers are bots, I do thank regular readers of my posts here, currently about saints, art at auction, fallen American armed forces members, and U.S. athletes excelling. I will reach my one-year anniversary here next month; thanks for your continuing interest.
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
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#icehockey
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Rangers' Mika Zibanejad gets first hat trick in Winter Classic history
Mika Zibanejad had three goals and two assists to help the Rangers improve to 6-0 in outdoor games.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
www.newsday.com/sports/hocke...
#NHL
#icehockey
www.newsday.com/sports/hocke...
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
January 3
#veteran
#restinpeace
Abram Ernest “Abe” Hoffner, Philipsburg, PA. Killed in Belgium during WWII's Battle of the Bulge on January 3, 1945.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/562...
January 3
#veteran
#restinpeace
Abram Ernest “Abe” Hoffner, Philipsburg, PA. Killed in Belgium during WWII's Battle of the Bulge on January 3, 1945.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/562...
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
January 3
#veteran
#restinpeace
Abram Ernest “Abe” Hoffner, Philipsburg, PA. Killed in Belgium during WWII's Battle of the Bulge on January 3, 1945.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/562...
January 3
#veteran
#restinpeace
Abram Ernest “Abe” Hoffner, Philipsburg, PA. Killed in Belgium during WWII's Battle of the Bulge on January 3, 1945.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/562...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Jack Vettriano, "Homage to Fontana"
www.lyonandturnbull.com/auctions/con...
#painting
Jack Vettriano, "Homage to Fontana"
www.lyonandturnbull.com/auctions/con...
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Jack Vettriano, "Homage to Fontana"
www.lyonandturnbull.com/auctions/con...
#painting
Jack Vettriano, "Homage to Fontana"
www.lyonandturnbull.com/auctions/con...
3 January Saint of the Day: Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara 1805-1871
First canonized Catholic male Indian-born saint, he co-founded the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate and the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel, both Orders of the Syro-Malabar Church.
#Catholic
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First canonized Catholic male Indian-born saint, he co-founded the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate and the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel, both Orders of the Syro-Malabar Church.
#Catholic
olmlaycarmelites.org/saints/st-ku...
January 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
3 January Saint of the Day: Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara 1805-1871
First canonized Catholic male Indian-born saint, he co-founded the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate and the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel, both Orders of the Syro-Malabar Church.
#Catholic
olmlaycarmelites.org/saints/st-ku...
First canonized Catholic male Indian-born saint, he co-founded the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate and the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel, both Orders of the Syro-Malabar Church.
#Catholic
olmlaycarmelites.org/saints/st-ku...
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Dylan Guenther, Utah Mammoth (on the ice)
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#NHL
#icehockey
Dylan Guenther, Utah Mammoth (on the ice)
sports.yahoo.com/articles/dyl...
January 2, 2026 at 1:22 PM
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Dylan Guenther, Utah Mammoth (on the ice)
sports.yahoo.com/articles/dyl...
#NHL
#icehockey
Dylan Guenther, Utah Mammoth (on the ice)
sports.yahoo.com/articles/dyl...
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
January 2
#veteran
#restinpeace
Kimberly Nicole Hampton, Easley, SC. First American female aviator ever shot down and killed, she died in Iraq on January 2, 2004.
thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-capt-ki...
January 2
#veteran
#restinpeace
Kimberly Nicole Hampton, Easley, SC. First American female aviator ever shot down and killed, she died in Iraq on January 2, 2004.
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January 2, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
January 2
#veteran
#restinpeace
Kimberly Nicole Hampton, Easley, SC. First American female aviator ever shot down and killed, she died in Iraq on January 2, 2004.
thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-capt-ki...
January 2
#veteran
#restinpeace
Kimberly Nicole Hampton, Easley, SC. First American female aviator ever shot down and killed, she died in Iraq on January 2, 2004.
thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-capt-ki...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses, "Over the River to Grandma's House"
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Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses, "Over the River to Grandma's House"
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
January 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses, "Over the River to Grandma's House"
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
#painting
Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses, "Over the River to Grandma's House"
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
2 January Saint of the Day: St. Gregory of Nazianzus 329 (?)-390
Archbishop of Constantinople. With friend St. Basil of Caesaria, through public debate, he defeated the doctrine of Arianism (which posits that Jesus is less than God). Doctor of the Church.
#Catholic
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Archbishop of Constantinople. With friend St. Basil of Caesaria, through public debate, he defeated the doctrine of Arianism (which posits that Jesus is less than God). Doctor of the Church.
#Catholic
www.newadvent.org/cathen/07010...
January 2, 2026 at 12:54 PM
2 January Saint of the Day: St. Gregory of Nazianzus 329 (?)-390
Archbishop of Constantinople. With friend St. Basil of Caesaria, through public debate, he defeated the doctrine of Arianism (which posits that Jesus is less than God). Doctor of the Church.
#Catholic
www.newadvent.org/cathen/07010...
Archbishop of Constantinople. With friend St. Basil of Caesaria, through public debate, he defeated the doctrine of Arianism (which posits that Jesus is less than God). Doctor of the Church.
#Catholic
www.newadvent.org/cathen/07010...
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Valeri Nichushkin, Colorado Avalanche (#13)
www.nhl.com/avalanche/ne...
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#icehockey
Valeri Nichushkin, Colorado Avalanche (#13)
www.nhl.com/avalanche/ne...
January 1, 2026 at 7:56 PM
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Valeri Nichushkin, Colorado Avalanche (#13)
www.nhl.com/avalanche/ne...
#NHL
#icehockey
Valeri Nichushkin, Colorado Avalanche (#13)
www.nhl.com/avalanche/ne...
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service.
January 1
#veteran
#restinpeace
Jason Lee Bishop, Covington, Kentucky. He was killed in a suicide bombing in Siniyah, Iraq, on January 1, 2006.
www.fallenheroesproject.org/post/jason-l...
January 1
#veteran
#restinpeace
Jason Lee Bishop, Covington, Kentucky. He was killed in a suicide bombing in Siniyah, Iraq, on January 1, 2006.
www.fallenheroesproject.org/post/jason-l...
January 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service.
January 1
#veteran
#restinpeace
Jason Lee Bishop, Covington, Kentucky. He was killed in a suicide bombing in Siniyah, Iraq, on January 1, 2006.
www.fallenheroesproject.org/post/jason-l...
January 1
#veteran
#restinpeace
Jason Lee Bishop, Covington, Kentucky. He was killed in a suicide bombing in Siniyah, Iraq, on January 1, 2006.
www.fallenheroesproject.org/post/jason-l...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Farbod Morshedzadeh, "The Lover, Beloved and the Other"
www.roseberys.co.uk/a0750-lot-60...
#painting
Farbod Morshedzadeh, "The Lover, Beloved and the Other"
www.roseberys.co.uk/a0750-lot-60...
January 1, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Farbod Morshedzadeh, "The Lover, Beloved and the Other"
www.roseberys.co.uk/a0750-lot-60...
#painting
Farbod Morshedzadeh, "The Lover, Beloved and the Other"
www.roseberys.co.uk/a0750-lot-60...
1 January Saint of the Day: Johannes Ludovicus "Valentin" Paquay 1828-1905
Belgian Franciscan priest, on his ordination he was detailed to the Hasselt convent, ultimately becoming its prior. He was a noted confessor and championed Eucharistic devotion.
#Catholic
www.clairval.com/en/blessed-v...
Belgian Franciscan priest, on his ordination he was detailed to the Hasselt convent, ultimately becoming its prior. He was a noted confessor and championed Eucharistic devotion.
#Catholic
www.clairval.com/en/blessed-v...
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January 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
1 January Saint of the Day: Johannes Ludovicus "Valentin" Paquay 1828-1905
Belgian Franciscan priest, on his ordination he was detailed to the Hasselt convent, ultimately becoming its prior. He was a noted confessor and championed Eucharistic devotion.
#Catholic
www.clairval.com/en/blessed-v...
Belgian Franciscan priest, on his ordination he was detailed to the Hasselt convent, ultimately becoming its prior. He was a noted confessor and championed Eucharistic devotion.
#Catholic
www.clairval.com/en/blessed-v...
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Joseph Woll, Toronto Maple Leafs
www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/...
#NHL
#icehockey
Joseph Woll, Toronto Maple Leafs
www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/...
Woll shines as short-handed Maple Leafs dump Devils: ‘Easily our best player’
The odds were stacked against the Toronto Maple Leafs, who on Tuesday were playing their third game in four nights since the Christmas break and were without key injured players Auston Matthews, Willi...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Joseph Woll, Toronto Maple Leafs
www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/...
#NHL
#icehockey
Joseph Woll, Toronto Maple Leafs
www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/...
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service.
December 31
#veteran
#restinpeace
Clyde Roy Huddleson, Grand Forks, ND. WWII POW of Japan in The Philippines, he died on board the Enoura Maru on December 31, 1944.
www.veterans.nd.gov/heroes/clyde...
December 31
#veteran
#restinpeace
Clyde Roy Huddleson, Grand Forks, ND. WWII POW of Japan in The Philippines, he died on board the Enoura Maru on December 31, 1944.
www.veterans.nd.gov/heroes/clyde...
December 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in service.
December 31
#veteran
#restinpeace
Clyde Roy Huddleson, Grand Forks, ND. WWII POW of Japan in The Philippines, he died on board the Enoura Maru on December 31, 1944.
www.veterans.nd.gov/heroes/clyde...
December 31
#veteran
#restinpeace
Clyde Roy Huddleson, Grand Forks, ND. WWII POW of Japan in The Philippines, he died on board the Enoura Maru on December 31, 1944.
www.veterans.nd.gov/heroes/clyde...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Mel Brigg, "Uluru" (1990)
www.lawsons.com.au/auction-lot/...
#painting
Mel Brigg, "Uluru" (1990)
www.lawsons.com.au/auction-lot/...
December 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
Mel Brigg, "Uluru" (1990)
www.lawsons.com.au/auction-lot/...
#painting
Mel Brigg, "Uluru" (1990)
www.lawsons.com.au/auction-lot/...
31 December Saint of the Day: Mother Apollonia Radermecher 1571-1626
German nurse who served in s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, she was then appointed administrator of the Elisabeth Hospital in Aachen. There she founded the Sisters of St Elizabeth.
#Catholic
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German nurse who served in s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, she was then appointed administrator of the Elisabeth Hospital in Aachen. There she founded the Sisters of St Elizabeth.
#Catholic
www.elisabethinnen.de/elisabethinn...
Mutter Apollonia : Schwestern der heiligen Elisabeth in Aachen
www.elisabethinnen.de
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
31 December Saint of the Day: Mother Apollonia Radermecher 1571-1626
German nurse who served in s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, she was then appointed administrator of the Elisabeth Hospital in Aachen. There she founded the Sisters of St Elizabeth.
#Catholic
www.elisabethinnen.de/elisabethinn...
German nurse who served in s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, she was then appointed administrator of the Elisabeth Hospital in Aachen. There she founded the Sisters of St Elizabeth.
#Catholic
www.elisabethinnen.de/elisabethinn...
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers
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#NHL
#icehockey
Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers
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December 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers
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#NHL
#icehockey
Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers
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Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
December 30
#veteran
#restinpeace
Damien Thai Ficek, Beaverton, Oregon. Killed in action while on foot patrol near Baghdad, Iraq on December 30, 2004.
mil.wa.gov/sgt-damien-t...
December 30
#veteran
#restinpeace
Damien Thai Ficek, Beaverton, Oregon. Killed in action while on foot patrol near Baghdad, Iraq on December 30, 2004.
mil.wa.gov/sgt-damien-t...
December 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
December 30
#veteran
#restinpeace
Damien Thai Ficek, Beaverton, Oregon. Killed in action while on foot patrol near Baghdad, Iraq on December 30, 2004.
mil.wa.gov/sgt-damien-t...
December 30
#veteran
#restinpeace
Damien Thai Ficek, Beaverton, Oregon. Killed in action while on foot patrol near Baghdad, Iraq on December 30, 2004.
mil.wa.gov/sgt-damien-t...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
William Michael Harnett, "Still Life with Le Figaro"
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
#painting
William Michael Harnett, "Still Life with Le Figaro"
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
December 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
William Michael Harnett, "Still Life with Le Figaro"
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
#painting
William Michael Harnett, "Still Life with Le Figaro"
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
30 December Saint of the Day: Venerable Martín Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi 1899-1966
Basque Passionist priest, he served as Provincial Superior in the 1930s, then emigrated to Peru, serving as the first Bishop of Moyobamba, in the Amazon.
#Catholic
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Basque Passionist priest, he served as Provincial Superior in the 1930s, then emigrated to Peru, serving as the first Bishop of Moyobamba, in the Amazon.
#Catholic
aboutbasquecountry.eus/en/2022/03/1...
Monseñor Elorza, first Bishop of Moyobamba and Basque Passionist, to be named Venerable by the Church
Monseñor Elorza, first Bishop of Moyobamba and Basque Passionist, to be named Venerable by the Church
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December 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
30 December Saint of the Day: Venerable Martín Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi 1899-1966
Basque Passionist priest, he served as Provincial Superior in the 1930s, then emigrated to Peru, serving as the first Bishop of Moyobamba, in the Amazon.
#Catholic
aboutbasquecountry.eus/en/2022/03/1...
Basque Passionist priest, he served as Provincial Superior in the 1930s, then emigrated to Peru, serving as the first Bishop of Moyobamba, in the Amazon.
#Catholic
aboutbasquecountry.eus/en/2022/03/1...
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Justin Brazeau, Pittsburgh Penguins (#16)
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#NHL
#icehockey
Justin Brazeau, Pittsburgh Penguins (#16)
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December 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We are halfway through the 2025-26 National Hockey League season. Each day I will post about a player who enjoyed a good day on the ice.
#NHL
#icehockey
Justin Brazeau, Pittsburgh Penguins (#16)
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#NHL
#icehockey
Justin Brazeau, Pittsburgh Penguins (#16)
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Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
December 29
#veteran
#restinpeace
John "Jack" Barry Ryan, Savannah, GA. Died on December 29, 1944 in Belgium from wounds suffered in France in WWII's Battle of the Bulge.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/888...
December 29
#veteran
#restinpeace
John "Jack" Barry Ryan, Savannah, GA. Died on December 29, 1944 in Belgium from wounds suffered in France in WWII's Battle of the Bulge.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/888...
December 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died in combat.
December 29
#veteran
#restinpeace
John "Jack" Barry Ryan, Savannah, GA. Died on December 29, 1944 in Belgium from wounds suffered in France in WWII's Battle of the Bulge.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/888...
December 29
#veteran
#restinpeace
John "Jack" Barry Ryan, Savannah, GA. Died on December 29, 1944 in Belgium from wounds suffered in France in WWII's Battle of the Bulge.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/888...
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
David Tindle, "1st Study - Family Parody"
auctions.1818auctioneers.co.uk/auctions/951...
#painting
David Tindle, "1st Study - Family Parody"
auctions.1818auctioneers.co.uk/auctions/951...
December 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.
#painting
David Tindle, "1st Study - Family Parody"
auctions.1818auctioneers.co.uk/auctions/951...
#painting
David Tindle, "1st Study - Family Parody"
auctions.1818auctioneers.co.uk/auctions/951...
29 December Saint of the Day: St. Thomas Becket 1119 (?)-1170
Lord Chancellor of England, then Archbishop of Canterbury. He defended the Church from encroachments by King Henry II. Knights loyal to Henry assassinated Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.
#Catholic
www.thebecketstory.org.uk/pilgrimage/s...
Lord Chancellor of England, then Archbishop of Canterbury. He defended the Church from encroachments by King Henry II. Knights loyal to Henry assassinated Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.
#Catholic
www.thebecketstory.org.uk/pilgrimage/s...
December 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
29 December Saint of the Day: St. Thomas Becket 1119 (?)-1170
Lord Chancellor of England, then Archbishop of Canterbury. He defended the Church from encroachments by King Henry II. Knights loyal to Henry assassinated Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.
#Catholic
www.thebecketstory.org.uk/pilgrimage/s...
Lord Chancellor of England, then Archbishop of Canterbury. He defended the Church from encroachments by King Henry II. Knights loyal to Henry assassinated Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.
#Catholic
www.thebecketstory.org.uk/pilgrimage/s...