Our Lady and the Tax Man
At lunch today, I caught part of a program on Korean TV about folks who turned their homes and property into works of art. One segment was about a fellow who turned his backyard into a terraced shrine of bathtub madonnas, which became known as "The Sancuary of Love":
Requiescat in pace.
At lunch today, I caught part of a program on Korean TV about folks who turned their homes and property into works of art. One segment was about a fellow who turned his backyard into a terraced shrine of bathtub madonnas, which became known as "The Sancuary of Love":
This place has closed unfortunately. The old guy had to go into a nursing home, the city took over the property for the back taxes he owed and they sold all the statuary.
Salvatore Verdirome, 84, died May 15, 2004. He began constructing religious bathtub shrines in 1971, and filled his yard with them. All the statues were sold at an auction.
Requiescat in pace.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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