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Kathleen Finlay (she/her)'s avatar

Loved these photos so much - and the writing too of course. But those pics!

Brava!

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Melissa McGill's avatar

Thank you! XXOO

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Alice OHanlon's avatar

This was beautiful to read. I loved seeing the Red Regatta exhibition at the Lightbox in Woking. I found it very moving. My mother who was an artist also made a number of works about Venice and I have very dear memories of visiting with her

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Melissa McGill's avatar

Thank you! I am so happy that you saw that exhibition and that it brough up such wonderful memories!

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Alice OHanlon's avatar

I spent a long time in there. I really loved all the different aspects of the show. If only I had been in Venice to see the original event!

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Amy Cutter's avatar

The courage to leave everything you know and go to a place where you don’t speak the language and have no lifeline! The more I hear about your journey the more I love you. Thank you so much for sharing all of this. I’m proud to know you.💛

PS. Though it seems like we lived in a time of freedom and liberation for women, it was only two years after women could apply for a business loan without a male co-signer (1988) in the USA that you took off on this adventure all by yourself.

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