flashback: march 17, 2008

segasta, sicily, italy.

a year ago, k-livealittle texted me. "it's saint patricks day, listen to your favorite u2 song." being in italy for a month i had forgotten about it, i put my earphones on and played 'one' on my audio recorder. i then texted k-cork a happy saint paddies day.

this day was the calm within the storm. the previous day i spent in marsala photographing a palm sunday procession. i followed that up by returning to trapani visiting churches getting ready for the rest of holy week. from tuesday on, i would not have a full night of sleep until easter sunday night.

e-bazan stopped by with his holy week workshop students. i had met him four months earlier in oaxaca mexico during day of the dead. for the rest of the week, i would be running into his class all the time.

segasta was pretty. the spring flowers were in bloom. instead of taking the two euro bus up to the ruins, i hiked it. i got to breath in the fresh air.

now my thoughts go to ethiopia. the time between palm sunday and holy thursday may be spent hiking through the countryside with an ngo.