The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: UNESCO

  • The Trovants of Romania

    Don’t you just love a good “geological manifestation”? I know I always have! But then, I’m easily intrigued. Not that I had ever heard that phrase before reading about the trovants of Romania, but I love how it trips off the tongue. It also conjures up for me the seemingly magical aspects of nature; the…

  • CHARLAS AL FRESCO

    A delightful tradition that’s worthy of preservation.

  • Djenné’s Great Mud Mosque

    The largest mud brick building in the world, and it’s gorgeous.

  • A Woman’s Fate is about Location, Location, Location

    Once upon a time I owned my own home, and was actually surviving financially. Not rich. Never that. But I was doing okay. So I started thinking about women who were less fortunate than myself. I’m very aware that the bulk of my good luck in life is based simply on the arbitrary fact that…