That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 14, 2015

Why, at my meetin’s I used to get the girls a-glory-shoutin’ till they about passed out. Then I’d go to comfort them. I’d always end up by lovin’ ‘em. I’d feel bad, an’ pray, an’ pray—but it didn’t do no good. Next time, do it again.

A girl was just a girl to you. To me they was holy vessels. I was savin’ their souls. I ast myself—what is this call, the Holy Sperit? Maybe that’s love. Why, I love everybody so much I’m fit to bust sometimes!

The rev put himself to sleep with his sermon.

As often as the Reverend has upbraided them all from his pulpit, for their impure thoughts, they’re now thinking it might be ok to let their hair down a little. •Granny’s clearly not impressed, but then, she’s from Norway. ( Isn’t it good?)

Gosh, Joe H…you write just like Steinbeck….

Hey, my eyes are up here.

LOL! He’s human ain’t he!

Thanks Susan. I thought it was Sinclair Lewis. My bad.

I wasn’t really praying. I was just thinking of having a little Swiss Miss.

A somewhat enlarged image can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry (yesterday). Again, it is a cropped image (e.g., missing end of signature at lower right). A full, click-to-humongous image can be found here.Devotion is privately owned.Perhaps, if the artist had painted it roughly 30 years later, the people would look more like (click for click-to-humongous found here)                     The artist’s Wikipedia page (Google translated German Wikipedia page has more, including a pointer showing, currently, 21 of his works, held by that owner) and collection (many more under Subcategories at each level).Fifth, of the 5 works, by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here (5 total).

“Let’s all try this again… This is the church, and this is the steeple…”

Wisconsin state legislators praying for higher tax revenue projections.

Another work by this artist can be found here.

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