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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