Adventus Laetus.

ANDREA DEL SARTO. Annunciation.
1528. Oil on wood. Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence.

Two days ago marked the beginning of the season of Advent, the new year of the Church calendar, that season of dark that precedes the light, that season of waiting of the LORD, that season of following the star to Christ. 

Agenda:

1. Pray
2. Hand bank Beowulf exams. Discuss and review.
3. Work on notes for each book of The Ballad of the White Horse
4. Lecture on Book II of Ballad of the White Horse
5. Review HW:
1. Finish notes on Book I The Ballad
2. Be good.