http://www.fotografaire.com Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:29:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The garden grows, the flowers are still popping out all over. My rose bushes are alive with buds and blooms. From yellows to lavenders, from reds to whites, from peach tones to multi-colors, the gorgeous beauties nod their heads with pure beauty with their splendid tones. My hibiscus plants ... http://www.fotografaire.com/tags/2008/09/03/the-garden-grows/ “A Thread of Grace“, by Mary Doria Russell is an exceptional novel set in Italy during World War II. There aren’t too many novels that take place in the powerful setting of German occupied Italy during the final year of the war, that explore the humanity, humbleness, the partisans, and ... http://www.fotografaire.com/tags/2008/08/26/a-thread-of-grace-by-mary-doria-russell/ Arthur & George, by Julian Barnes…I give it Five Stars! A hero-at-large, was in the makings, in the brilliantly written novel, Arthur & George, by Julian Barnes. Although a novel of historical fiction, the book is based on a factual legal case, involving George Edalji, (son of a Vicar, a Parsee ... http://www.fotografaire.com/tags/2008/08/18/1251/ Silent Places, by Jeff Gusky Silent Places, resounds hauntingly, and takes us on a poignant, and incredible photographic journey to Eastern Europe, where he documented (in B&W photographs) the architecture and landscape of the Holocaust era…Synagogues, houses, landscapes, windows, doors, parks, all images from the past, but actually taken recently. The ... http://www.fotografaire.com/tags/2008/08/06/silent-places-resound/ There is an upcoming exhibit beginning September 24, 2008, at The Museum of Jewish Heritage, that I am interested in seeing. I will try to make it to NYC in order to see, it, but if not, there will be an online virtual exhibit. The exhibit is entitled ... http://www.fotografaire.com/tags/2008/07/22/1247/