Did you know that in Italy, when you dig in your basement you’re very likely to come across ruins? Makes sense if you think about it, but it was a new concept for this Ohio girl. 🙂 What’s awesome is that the Romans have a law that says you have to incorporate a part of […]
Doorways
Truth: Italy Has The Best Knockers
“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” -Flora Whittemore [Vicious Lion – Italian Door Knocker – Rome, Italy] [Evil Bacchus and His Wine Making Minions – Italian Door Knocker. Florence, Italy] [I jokingly told my best friend Jess that I would meet a Fabrizio in Italy. I found his […]
Just West of East: The Abandoned Beauty of A Traditional Moldovan Village Cottage
Nelly Josephine Atamuratova is a young artist living in The Republic of Moldova; she was my student when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer. Nelly has recently branched out from painting and drawing into photography. She sends me emails of images from Moldova, Romania, and Turkey and I edit them for her in Photoshop. It’s […]