Tololy's Box » Picturesque http://tololy.com Grow Up Tag Free Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:48:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 City Colors http://tololy.com/2008/06/07/city-colors/ http://tololy.com/2008/06/07/city-colors/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:00:51 +0000 Tololy http://www.tololy.com/?p=1114 I went downtown today with my mother, to buy some books and other items. Threads and needles, brown paper bags, gift wrapping paper…

Downtown Amman
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From Give Me Nails…
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Shush! Silence
I’m breaking the silence
As I finish this sentence
Silence I demand
Give back to me my independence

- Sylvia Chidi

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This weekend: (click on pics to see them larger in my Picasa album)

Briefly in Amman:

Lucky worm meets The Model Hand:

And we made Haleva, thin Circassian pastry stuffed with salted mashed potatoes and then fried to perfection:

C’est tout.

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I cannot promise very much.
I give you the images I know.
Lie still with me and watch.
We laugh and we touch.
I promise you love. Time will not take that away.

- Anne Sexton

From Visual Compen…

Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.

- Mary Parrish

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However, I remain utterly untalented compared to my sister, who made this cake yesterday:

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I shall never become a chef.

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And I found this brilliant poster:

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Source

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The priest in a brown habit lighting some candles…

The center stained glass window…

During the service..

Short video clips from the service. These are surreal:

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