Category Archives: Religions of the World

A Roman Surprise. . . . . .

Posted on December 24, 2015 by annetbell

Let me take you back to the Roman Christmas my family had. David had taken students to spend the fall semester in Rome and the children and I were to fly over and meet him for Christmas.  The apartment he … Continue reading →

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Radio City Music Hall. . . . .New York City

Posted on December 23, 2015 by annetbell

This photo was taken by my son, Chris, several years ago,  when he an his family visited New York City for the Christmas festivities.  As you can see, the shot was taken from seats in the auditorium of Radio City … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve at St. Peter’s Basilica a Roma

Posted on December 22, 2015 by annetbell

Posted on December 24, 2013by annetbell This is St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy, the largest church in the world as well as  the headquarters for the Roman Catholic Church. which has 1.2 billion members across the world.( Interesting, that number … Continue reading →

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Music Monday “Christmas Alleluia” by Chris Tomlin

Posted on December 21, 2015 by annetbell
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David and Goliath. . . . .Ted Talks

Posted on December 19, 2015 by annetbell

This is the baroque masterpiece of David by Giovanni  Lorenzo  Bernini at the  moment of release of his sling shot  in the Villa Borghese in Roma. The sculpture is chiseled from marble. Notice the detail in the face, legs, arms … Continue reading →

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Roman Christmas Market at Piazza Navona

Posted on December 17, 2015 by annetbell

Piazza Navona Christmas Market Posted on December 23, 2013by annetbell Piazza Navona Christmas market in Rome  is  on the list of best European Christmas Markets.   It is on the ancient site of the Circus of Domitian and has the shape … Continue reading →

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Napoli, Italia

Posted on December 13, 2015 by annetbell

This is Napoli in Italia and what a sight to see, not far from Vesuvius , and right on the Mediterranean.There is very high density housing and the word is that if Vesuvius erupts, it will be  “arrivederci, Napoli.”   … Continue reading →

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Happy Hanukkha

Posted on December 10, 2015 by annetbell

  One of the December celebrations is Hanukkah.  Here is a silly song from Saturday Night Live by Adam Sandler about his proud heritage .  When I was teaching, my class always played dreidel,   sang the accompanying  song, lit … Continue reading →

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A Hero. . . . .

Posted on December 4, 2015 by annetbell

This is Colleen Pidgeon,  the director of Conserns-U, the food pantry where I volunteer on Mondays. She manages strong personalities, plans, organizes, encourages, and touches the the poor both literally and figuratively. They call out to her by name as … Continue reading →

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PM Modi’s Interview with Time Magazine. . . . .

Posted on December 1, 2015 by annetbell

Photograph by Peter Hapak for TIME I am a huge fan of Mr. Modi as those of my readers have been following me for a while, know.   Our home base in India was Gujurat which during that time  when … Continue reading →

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