the writings, musings, and photography of a dream smith
is for Aki, or the Japanese word for Autumn. Before coming to Japan, I'd never considered autumn to be a particularly colorful season. Growing up in Louisiana, the season had meant brown pine needles and sticky cones; icicles dripping off the eaves of my family's porch. Giant piles of leaves, raked up and piled for bonfires…
Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs Paul Koudoumaris My Review: 5 of 5 stars From the publisher, Thames & Hudson: "In 1578 a labyrinth of underground burials was discovered in Rome that contained the remains of thousands of individuals assumed to be early Christian martyrs. The bones were disinterred and sent to…
