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  Could you give me any news about these beautiful girls whose photos have been living in my “containers” for some time now and who may have become mamas, perhaps even grandmas?   Here are their names: Marie Luc Chevalier, Anne-Marie Besse, Christine Boisson. I don’t know what else to …

  THE WASHING OF THE FEET (PART.  OF THE PAINTED CROSS OF THE 12TH CENTURY) – MUSEO CIVICO, PISA   The 12th century masculine clothing meant the using over the tunic with a rather short, wide sleeve, a cape which here is ingeniously placed around the waist and down, and …

  Photographers have always found that celebrities behaved less like stars at these moments than at any other time. The most glamorous gods and goddesses of the screen were truly just like the fans at their weddings and when they were showing off their newborn, which was the usual order …

  By the 1820s the chemical make-up of carminic acid and alizarin was already known, and soon after production of synthetic dyes began. Indeed, in 1841 aniline was synthesized, and subsequently in 1856 William Henry Perkin obtained malvina, the first chemical dye; in 1859 fuchsin was invented, and a few …

  TAURUS : TO SUSTAIN It’s the second sign of the Zodiac. It’s ruled by Venus. It’s a feminine sign. Earth is its element, its quality is Fixed. Green is its color; its lucky stone is emerald and lucky day is Friday. The Taurus astrological sign portrays the head and …