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Romania 2012 These are Romanian homes set in a village museum. The low, heavily thatched roofs were designed for harsh winters by the peasants who had to endure them. The beautiful, soft slopes of thick, sweet-smelling hay must have protected the … Continue reading
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Ortygia, Sicily 2015 Four grandmother-aged women pray the rosary aloud in a beautiful baroque church. Praying…it’s what Italian grandmothers do. And it is another facet of Bella Figura.
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Burma 2011 The white and gold pagoda gleamed from the top of a jungle-covered hill overlooking the Irrawaddy River. The name Umin Thonse means “thirty cave pagoda” but we didn’t see any caves. We saw what seemed to be a temple with many rooms, … Continue reading
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Ghana 2002 Portrait of an African woman with a dreamy expression. I can’t tell you more about this moment…I’m pretty sure this is Accra. I can tell you that West African women love these cotton prints. They make two piece … Continue reading
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Inle Lake, Burma 2011 It might surprise you to know that most, if not all, of the fishermen on Inle Lake cannot swim. It surprised me. Their houses float, they run across floating fields of water hyacinth to get to the … Continue reading
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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2011 My guide had his hand on my shoulder: Time to go. Like Lot’s wife, I turned back to look as I stepped through the cleft in the thick stone walls of the ancient church. My eye took … Continue reading
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 1992 Definition of Anthropomorphic: Giving animals human qualities In those days there was a huge wooden barn on the outskirts of Lancaster where Amish farmers bought and sold horses. The Amish needed draft animals such as Percheron and … Continue reading
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Rome 2015 I remembered these street corner holy pictures from twenty years ago. They are part of the Italian culture as well as a symbol of the Catholic church. I’m glad the paintings and statues are still in place in this … Continue reading
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Mali 2005 I’m not really sure where we were. No one knew but it was either Mali or Mauritania. The women spoke Hasaniya which is a dialect of Arabic. No matter that we were in the middle of nowhere, the … Continue reading
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Rome, Italy 2015 Priests led the procession of the Blessed Sacrament down a narrow street to another church only a block away. First came priests wearing cassocks and sandals holding their prayer books, then priests clad in cassocks and the … Continue reading
