Brian Handy
brianhandy.bsky.social
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
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Simon Nemec scores 3rd goal of game in OT as Devils top Blackhawks 4-3
Defenseman Simon Nemec scored his third goal of the game at 3:28 of the overtime to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks
abcnews.go.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of American armed forces members who died during combat.
November 13
#veteran
#restinpeace
George, Francis, Joseph, Madison and Albert Sullivan, Waterloo, IA. All five brothers died in the sinking of the USS Juneau on November 13, 1942.
nmdf.org/u-s-navy/the...
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.

#painting
Joseph Clark, "Bedtime"
auctions.tennants.co.uk/auction/lot/...
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
13 November Saint of the Day: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini ("Mother Cabrini") 1850-1917
Italian-American nun, she founded the still-extant Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. First US citizen to be canonized. She is the patron saint of immigrants.
#Catholic
www.mothercabrini.org/who-we-are/m...
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 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
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David Pastrnak Scores Milestone Goal, Entire Team Leaves Bench To Celebrate
BOSTON -- The party on Causeway kept on rolling, with the Boston Bruins routing the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.
sports.yahoo.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during service.
November 12
#veteran
#restinpeace
Daniel Eugene Spencer, Bend, Oregon. Died in Quang Nam, Vietnam on November 12, 1968 (helmeted soldier in photo).
www.alch372.com/503/danespen...
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.

#painting
Robert Goldstrom, untitled (from "Aquaria" series)
www.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/...
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
12 September Saint of the Day: St. Josaphat Kuncevyc 1580 (?)-1623
Lithuanian priest, he served first as superior of several monasteries of the Ruthenian Church, then as Bishop of Vitebsk, and finally as Archbishop of Polotsk. Martyred in mob violence.
#Catholic
www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/11...
St. Josaphat Kuncewicz, Bishop and Martyr - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News
See Vatican News to discover the life-story and message of St. Josaphat Kuncewicz, Bishop and Martyr , the Saint of the Day 12 November
www.vaticannews.va
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 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
Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers (facing camera)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
Rangers break through for six goals, first home win: ‘Definitely a sigh of relief’
New York entered the game 0-6-1 in Manhattan, the franchise’s longest-ever home winless streak to start a season.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during combat.
November 11
#veteran
#restinpeace
Henry Nicholas John Gunther, Baltimore, MD. Last American soldier killed in action in WW I; died at 10:59 AM, one minute before the war ended.
time.com/5444257/last...
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.

#painting
#horseracing
Richard Stone Reeves, "Birdstone" (Belmont and Travers Stakes winner)
www.doyle.com/auction/lot/...
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
11 September Saint of the Day: Blessed Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska 1899-1939
Polish nurse during WW I, then nun. She was Superior of a convent in Wejherowo, Pomerania at the start of WW II. She was martyred by Nazis in the Piasnica massacres.
#Catholic
resurrectionsisters.org/about-us/his...
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 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.
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#icehockey
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Wallstedt saves 36, Boldy scores and assists in Wild's 2-0 win over Flames
Jesper Wallstedt made 36 saves for his second career NHL shutout, Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist and the Minnesota Wild beat the Calgary Flames 2-0 on Sunday night.
www.cbsnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during combat.
November 10
#veteran
#restinpeace
Patrick Francis Kutschbach, McKees Rocks, PA. Killed while on patrol in Tagab, Afghanistan on November 10, 2007.
specialforcesfoundation.org/patrick-f-ku...
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.

#painting
Arthur Grover Rider, "Against the Light"
www.bonhams.com/auction/3086...
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
10 September Saint of the Day: Venerable Mariangela Virgili 1661-1734
Italian Carmelite Third Order Tertiary (lay), she lived in her house as a nun would in her convent. Worked to bring Catholic religious to Ronciglione.
#Catholic
www.diocesicivitacastellana.it/mariangela-v... (in Italian)
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 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
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hock...
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during combat.
November 9
#veteran
#restinpeace
Steven Edward Auchman, Waterloo, NY. Air Force Master Sergeant killed by rocket-propelled grenade in Mosul, Iraq on November 9, 2004.
www.legacy.com/obituaries/n...
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.

#painting
Vera Southby, "Junks at Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1956"
www.bonhams.com/auction/3174...
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
9 September Saint of the Day: Blessed George Napper 1548-1610
English priest educated at Oxford; seminarian at the English College, Douai, France. He ministered to covert Catholics in Oxfordshire. Martyred after declining oath against the Pope.
#Catholic
saints-alive.siministries.org/saints-alive...
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 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
Spencer Knight, Chicago Blackhawks (in net)
sports.yahoo.com/article/conn...
Connor Bedard's 4-Point Night, Spencer Knight's Shutout Lead Blackhawks To Victory
The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Calgary Flames 4-0 thanks to a big night from multiple important players.
sports.yahoo.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Each day I post a biography and photo of an American armed forces member who died during service.
November 8
#veteran
#restinpeace
Theone Lorenzo Poulsen, Nyssa, OR. Navy Fireman, likely died when HMS Walney sank under fire in Oran, Algeria on November 8, 1942.
www.honorstates.org/index.php?id...
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Each day I will post a picture and link to art coming up to auction somewhere in the world.

#painting
Wang Guangyi , "Madonna and Child"
www.cguardian.com/en/auctions/...
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
8 November Saint of the Day: Pope St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) 570 (?)-618
From priest directly to Pope, he served for 3 years, including after an earthquake and scabies outbreak in Rome. He commenced the use of seals on Papal documents; hence, "papal bulls."
#Catholic
faith.nd.edu/saint/pope-s...
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 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
Joel Hofer, St. Louis Blues (in the net)
www.buffalohockeybeat.com/sabres-cant-...
Sabres can’t beat Joel Hofer, get shut out by Blues: ‘Got to bear down’ - Buffalo Hockey Beat
Goalie Joel Hofer stole the show Thursday, stopping all 28 shots he faced as the Blues downed the Sabres 3-0 in KeyBank Center.
www.buffalohockeybeat.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM