(And other wingèd men.) Yesterday was Michaelmas, devoted to Saint Michael the Archangel, a figure of great power and terrible beauty, who among other things lent his name to the gorgeous autumn-blooming aster commonly known as the Michaelmas daisy (see my 10/5/13 posting). (Today on the calendar of religious holidays it’s Yom Kippur, the Day … Continue reading The archangel Michael