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Niger, near Agadez…around 2000 Men in their 30’s discuss the younger men who are performing in the Geerewol. Of course, I have no idea what they actually said, but I’ll bet it had something to do with “These young guys … Continue reading
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Skopje, Macedonia 2018 Skopje’s city center is filled with huge statues. Here are a few: He looked like Winston Churchill to me but I think he is a poet. The writing on the plinth was in Cyrillic, so I can’t … Continue reading
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Donja Lokosnica, Serbia, 2018 Pepper fields as far as the eye could see. Farmers and their families were hunched over the 3 foot tall pepper plants stripping the bright red peppers by the wagonload. I picked peppers as a girl … Continue reading
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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 This isn’t Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, but it could be. One Midnight Mass I will never forget was the one right before my youngest brother was due to leave for Viet Nam. He stood beside me, … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2014 Two horses tethered wait for a rider on the barren steppes of Mongolia. Soon two of the Kazakh men, who were our hosts, would mount and ride for six hours holding their eagles on a perch that rested … Continue reading
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Gujarat, India 2009 He wasn’t a prince even though he is dressed like one. He is a Rabari, a nomad tribe of northwest India. Apparently, his family were doing well as they owned a home where, it seemed, grandparents, aunts … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 Imagine the pain this woman has had to withstand to be considered beautiful in her tribe. Scarring, deforming her lower lip and perhaps other more intimate mutilation. Her right eye doesn’t look too good, either. Her face is … Continue reading
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Utah, U.S.A. 2013 A small storage room made by early Native Americans. They are called ancestral Puebloans nowadays. They used to be called Anasazi. Most likely they stored food in here…corn or grain. Whatever they could preserve by drying. Shelters … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 A poor family makes a pilgrimage in Lalibela. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Mathew 5: 8
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Benin, West Africa early 2000’s We had given these young men some of our snacks. Maybe peanuts. Salty and crunchy. After one taste, they scrabbled for more. Who wouldn’t? If you look closely, you will see the fine scarring on … Continue reading
