easter greetings to my loyal fans.
grandma, this one's for you :
this is the first picture you see when you go into the church of saint nicholas -- very impressive. it is painted on the inside of a stone arch about six or eight feet across. this painting is from about 300 AD -- very old. over time many of the paintings of saints have been vandalized and had the eyes scratched away. but that is life as a saint for you.
rojine, this one is for you:
overnight there was a foal born here, a baby horse, un petit cheval. horses have their babies on nights of the full moon, when there is more light. this little guy does not have a name yet. ce petit cheval n'a pas encore de nom. but he was able to walk and run as soon as he was born. mais il a pû marcher et courir depuis le moment de sa naissance. i remember when you were as tiny as this little foal. you kind of still are. this little baby horse is big enough to carry you on his back. ce petit cheval bébé est assez grand pour te porter sur son dos. that's his mom, with him.
there are about eight horses here -- you can see two more in the distance -- and there are hoofprints set in the poured concrete floor of the stables where they eat.
mehmet, my friend in turkey, is gone from sundance now but ruchan has just arrived, who i met during my very first days here. that seems like a long long time ago. the black cat here is his cat and it's very touching to watch them say hello. the cat has moved now to sleep by the stove -- he gets as close to it as he can and stretches his paws underneath the stove belly where it is warmest. then when he is warm he goes over to the cushions where it is soft.
life is good for many of the creatures here, and i hope the same is true for everyone back home. i will see you soon.
skylar
OH! i nearly forget. there is a word "rojine" in turkish! maybe there is the same word in persian, i don't know, but in turkish rojine means the first light of the day, right in the morning when the sun is still hiding over the horizon. the sunrises here are very pretty.
