The Fora Files
"When I sit down to paint eggs I forget about everything and everyone" Elena Craciunescu, The Egg Painter Several years ago B.C. (Before Children), a generous friend Renata welcomed my husband and I to her home. For the first...
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Marianne North was a fearless painter and plant enthusiast who, in Victorian times, bucked the trend for single women, travelling the world to record hundred of rare and exotic plants in situ with her magnificent oil paintings.
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Years ago, I was lucky enough to witness a sunrise over Haleakala volcano in Maui. If you want to imagine yourself on the moon without the price of a Virgin or Besos ticket to ride then consider Maui. Maui is...
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Maton: When rock and roll came to town. We often forget how reliant we are on nature. Trees give us life, literally. And, as it turns out they give us music and rock 'n' roll.
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We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this earth, and to tell our stories. –Richard Louv, Author of Last Child in the Woods– It seems we are only just beginning to grasp...
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