Brothers and Babies, Lecce, Italy I've always found it a bit awkward to ask people if I can take their photograph, but I discovered a little bit of magic that speaks to me, and to people, when I was in Italy. If someone had a pet, I asked them if I could take [...]
When I was in Italy, I was drawn most to the pre-Renaissance mosaics and frescoes, and the way that hand gestures say so much. This is also true, of course, in other cultures, bringing to mind Buddhist mudras (teaching gestures associated with Buddhism) in particular. So I have embarked on a series of hand paintings, based on [...]
My blog's been sleeping but I have not! First of all, in case I haven't wished you one yet, happy late New Year of the Sheep (or Goat, depending on whether you are in Japan or China - I can't remember which is which.) Dahlia, Queen of Sheepba, disguised February 2015 To see work from [...]
Hello folks, This is for those of you in Bellingham who have expressed an interest in learning more about Ombogo Academy, and how to support a girl through high school there. If this does not describe you, then please disregard, but thanks for being a part of my blog! Let's get together at my house [...]
Hi there, I am emailing you all, because some of you, who were so wonderful as to follow my blog last month, expressed an interest in learning more about sponsoring a girl at Ombogo Academy for Girls, in Kenya. That is the school I described in the blog last month (ombogo-girls-academy/) and where Richard and [...]
I'm reposting this here, because it looks like the photos didn't come through the first time.... I feel like I have arrived home, at Betty's sister's apartment in Kisumu. Everybody comes to meet us: Nancy, Natasha, Rita, Rollin, Evelyn, Nicolette, and Night. Others will come on Sunday, when we get back from Homa Bay. They [...]
Sponsoring Betty for the past years has been an act of faith; one can only imagine who the individual is that you are supporting on the other end. But now it is an act of love. It is amazing how much you can learn in a month's time, and how you can come to see [...]
Scenes from our last days in Nairobi: Sooooo much fun shopping at the Triangle market, bargaining hard with the vendors. We had so much fun that we overlooked the fact that we have to figure out how to carry back an extra passenger. Our wonderful hotel in Nairobi, the Fairview, with its many intimate sitting [...]
Hi everyone, Because I've received several emails, after my Ombogo Girls Academy post, asking for information on sponsoring a girl, I thought I'd post a quick one here. I don't have the exact breakdown right now (I will be getting updated information from the current principle soon) but the cost is somewhere between $600-800 U.S., [...]