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Mira

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8. Thanks for everything you say, and let me tell you

Reply to Bumbles (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 28, 2024, 11:04 AM

Jul 2024

about my name.
I was born in the last few months of Nazi rule in Germany, and the fascists, who reach into the lives of people and dictate, did not like Mira on my birth certificate. Not Aryan, they claimed. So my Dad took a pen, made a y out of the i and they accepted it.
Guess what the uninitiated call me in the USA? I am glad you like my photo. It's a favorite of mine.

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NOT JUST FOR our PHOTOGRAPHERS: Do yourself a favor... [View all] Mira Jul 2024 OP

Wow! 2naSalit Jul 2024 #1

That is what real music is. From the soul! erronis Jul 2024 #2

Oh, thank you. Very much indeed. planetc Jul 2024 #3

Wow, indeed! Bumbles Jul 2024 #4

Then - you will like this photograph I took there Mira Jul 2024 #5

I love the light, the composition and the memories it evokes. Bumbles Jul 2024 #7

Thanks for everything you say, and let me tell you Mira Jul 2024 #8

Smart dad. Beautiful name. Bumbles Jul 2024 #10

What a moving story. I'm imagining it. Mira Jul 2024 #11

That was fabulous, thank you! mahina Jul 2024 #6

K&R Solly Mack Jul 2024 #9