for St. Kitt’s and Nevis. These, of course, are islands in the Caribbean. To me, one of the more interesting facts about this smallest of nations in the Americas, is that Alexander Hamilton spent his childhood there. When I read this I smiled and thought how contradictory these two visuals are. I pictured Alex, in […]
View post →These creatures have a pretty bad reputation, so I’m glad to see that they get some love once a year!
View post →Today was a glorious day in France. In my opinion, every day is glorious in France! During college I lived in Paris for 4 months. The memories of those days are so dear to me, I loved every moment of being there. I recently went back and was a little afraid that by going back, […]
View post →July 10th is El Cid Day. The great campeador! It’s interesting to post this right after the Lotus Temple post, because El Cid represents much of the war and violence that often happens in the name of religion. However, I hear he was very good at what he did.
View post →Eino Leino was a Finnish poet who emphasized nature, love and pain in his work. Today is his day.
View post →A few years back, I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with a couple of (very large) horses. I mainly did a lot of shooting that day as their handler had them trotting, galloping and doing all kinds of things. But as I was looking through the photos recently, I found a […]
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