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15….FIFTEEN

Pirates constructed the leaning tower of Pisa. Around the time of the Crusades Pisa was a port city with a victorious naval fleet and thriving merchant settlements throughout the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East. A status they had earned by fighting various neighboring cities – Carthage, Constantinople… and winning. As a result it was a veryContinue reading “15….FIFTEEN”

6 ……SIX

Easter had nothing to do with Jesus in my childhood. It was an honored holiday full of traditions for both of my houses, but Jesus just… never came up. The Easter Bunny reigned supreme, rivaling but never outdoing, Santa or Halloween – neither of which I thought of as religious holidays. I related Easter with baskets ofContinue reading “6 ……SIX”