[caption id="attachment_193" align="alignleft" width="300"] Rajasthani girls with Mendhi on their hands. (2000) Photo (c) Karen Abrahamson[/caption] Exactly one year ago…

[caption id="attachment_1461" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Grand Canal, Venice (2005) Photo (c) Karen Abrahamson"][/caption] For men like Fra Mauro (see last…

[caption id="attachment_1437" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Gondolas, Venice (2004) Photo (c) Karen Abrahamson"][/caption] The other day at Powell’s Books (Portland), I came…