/ by Edward Mullany

The statuette in question I got from a gift shop at the shrine to Our Lady in Fátima, in Portugal, when I visited there with A. a couple years ago. It is a prefabricated item, made of a cheap material that is supposed to glow in the dark, and that does in fact glow somewhat, though not very strongly. On the statuette’s head is a little plastic crown that tends to fall off because the glue or adhesive with which it was attached has eroded. I will have to try to glue it again, with whatever product I can find here in the apartment, or at the house out in Cheyenne.