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Queries and comments are more than welcome !

- Catherine

The Ozymandias of Ghana

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: -Two vast and trunkles legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

(Ozymandias by P.B. Shelley - 1818)

Nigeria Revisited

Mariam and Cathy

APRIL 2006: a second emotional visit to an obstetric fistula rehabilitation center in Dambatta, Nigeria...

I was especially happy to meet Mariam again - one of the ladies we interviewed last year. Many of you have seen and commented on the portrait of her that I kept on my VT homepage for quite a while.

Tower of the Winds (with Acropolis above)

Work took me to ATHENS in MARCH 2006 - hopefully not for the last time. VT members Galatea, Janetanne and Aggeliki were wonderful guides and hosts !

With friends by a stream

JUNE 2005: an amazing second trip to Afghanistan. This is truly a place that has captured my soul...

... both for the spirit of its people and for mystical landscapes like this one...

Karen and Cathy

With my cousin on the waterfront in Seattle. HAPPY TRAVELS to all !!

Intro Updated Aug 28, 2007
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TheView Nov 1, 2012 at 5:20 PM

Happy birthday ;-)
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lina112 Oct 23, 2012 at 3:37 AM

Belated birthday Catherine, hope you had a nice day....lina
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Ntomnif Oct 21, 2012 at 12:32 PM

Best wishes on your birthday Catherine and warm greetings from Cameroon
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akkipaa Oct 21, 2012 at 9:35 AM

Happy birthday Catherine, cheers from Finland.
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unravelau Oct 21, 2012 at 4:26 AM

Happy Birthday Catherine. I hope you have a wonderful day. Love, Carole.
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rosata Oct 21, 2012 at 3:54 AM

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, Cathy! :)
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Toshioohsako Oct 21, 2012 at 2:31 AM

I wish you a happy birthday, Cathy.
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MalenaN Oct 21, 2012 at 1:23 AM

Happy Birthday Cathy! Wish you a wonderful day!
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tini58de Oct 21, 2012 at 1:14 AM

Happy birthday, Cathy!
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TrendsetterME Oct 21, 2012 at 12:45 AM

Hey Catherine, "Happy Birthday", with all my best wishes .... :)