by Connie Mann on August 28, 2011
Sometimes, beauty gets buried under decay. I started thinking about this when we visited Oradea, Romania, this summer. The city is filled with beautiful old buildings. We ooohed and aaahed as we drove around the downtown area. The architecture is breathtaking. But when we got out of the car and stated walking, the picture-postcard sheen [...]
by Connie Mann on March 23, 2011
I’m sure we made an interesting picture as we sat around the restaurant’s big table: three tall, regal African-American ladies and me—the short little white girl whose feet barely reached the ground. Though we couldn’t have looked more different from the outside, on the inside, we share a common goal. We met to discuss the [...]
