A Kwakwaka'wakw girl

 

A Kwakwaka'wakw girl wearing abalone earrings 

and a cedar bark cloak, circa 1914.

Nativity

Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Nativity Scene

 

 

“One day as the Blessed Beauty was Walking, a certain government officer approached Him and reported that one of His (Baha'u'llah's) followers had been killed and his body thrown on the river bank. The Tongue of Power and Might replied, 'No one has killed him. Through seventy thousand Veils of light We showed him the glory of God to an extent smaller than a needle’s eye; therefore, he could not more bear the burden of his life and has offered himself as a sacrifice.'" 

--From 'A Flame of Fire' by A. Faizi

Holly

 

The Manger

 

'The Manger' by Mike Moyers

"We testify that when He came into the world, He shed the splendor of His glory upon all created things. Through Him the leper recovered from the leprosy of perversity and ignorance. Through Him, the unchaste and wayward were healed. Through His power, born of Almighty God, the eyes of the blind were opened, and the soul of the sinner sanctified.

Leprosy may be interpreted as any veil that interveneth between man and the recognition of the Lord, his God. Whoso alloweth himself to be shut out from Him is indeed a leper, who shall not be remembered in the Kingdom of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. We bear witness that through the power of the Word of God every leper was cleansed, every sickness was healed, every human infirmity was banished. He it is Who purified the world. Blessed is the man who, with a face beaming with light, hath turned towards Him.  

Baha'u'llah  (Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah)  

Coletown

 

Cole builds a town from his uncle's master plan.

Stone Menorah

 

Modern stone menorah

First Class Mail

The sweetest post card sits right in the middle of everything on a tray that belonged to my grandfather.

The Day the Clown Cried

 

The world is on fire.  We do what we can regardless of how it looks.

Associated press photo of Emmett Kelly, in his costume and makeup as "Weary Willie", carrying a bucket of water in the aftermath of the Hartford circus fire of July 6, 1944, in which 167 people died. The tragedy is often called "the day the clown cried".

The 'Golden Gate'

 

Sal and Nino Alioto's classic Monterey 'Golden Gate'