Dear Ricardo, allow me to begin by quoting (correctly, I hope) from the movie "Casablanca." I see the begining of a beautiful friendship. Yoy really plowed deeply in my portfolio and I do appreciate that, so I think you deserve several things. First a confession. My photo "Man", on which you commented, among other things, is, of course, that of a mannequin, but by the time I looked up the word in the dictionary to spell it correctly, it had already been posted and at that time I didn't know how to correct my mistake. In "Biting the hand that feeds you" you see our cat, Ginger, (ex female) playing somewhat rough with the hand of my wife, Rachel. She (I mean Ginger, not Rachel) never bites seriousely except by mistake and when, by mistake, she slightly bites me, she immediately licks my hand. I think she regards me as her kitten and Rachel as her sister, to be played with. Now Rachel, ex head-nurse in a cardiac unit, was interned between ages three and eight in a detention camp on the Island Mauritius. We visited the island not long ago and that brought up her memories which she wrote down in Hebrew in a book consisting of thirty short stories. The book was adopted and published by our National Institute and Museum for the Study of the Holocaust and will be tought in our schools. I've translated six of her stories, (2-3 pages each) some sad, some rather funny and in case you would like to read them, please let me know and I'll gladly send them to the e mail address on you bio. My e mail address is also in my bio, but I'll repeat it here for convenience: rafael1930@bezeqint.net Saludas and Shalom, Rafi
All three are beautiful landscapes. I enjoy the varioations in the toning. People often think landscapes should have no sign of human activity. Obviously this is not true. These are very pleasing!
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