+ James Matthew Wilson podcast interview at Deep Down Things, the podcast (not us)

+ Kerry McCarthy, Early Music singer and biographer of Renaissance composers Byrd and Tallis, is interviewed about the traditional choir schools put down by the Reformation.

+ Word on Fire reminds us that “Momento Mori” is a Catholic thing.

+ In time for Christmas giving, a chance to order artwork by Daniel Mitsui and get a free Momento Mori giclée print you might keep for your own contemplation of the Four Last Things.