Letters From Lekenik: Notes on Boats Building Bridges-  Summer Program  2021 When I went to the postbox, there was a letter from Lekenik, Croatia. A place very close to my heart. This is the site of the SOS children’s Village near Sisak Croatia, A home that we have been working with for the past …

A Bond Between a Boat and Her Crew Text by James Bender Photos By Mladen Ščerbe and Marko Knezević           Boats have a way of bringing people together. Maybe because a special type of person is attracted to their lines and shape, or the romance of the sea, but around boats …

   We had arrived in the afternoon and a day earlier than expected to help sail the falkuša for the of the feast of St. Christopher. There was a special dedication of a new statue of St. Cristopher being presented by the city of Prauge, the Mayor, and Deacon from the church. Two falkuša had …

  Place is a center of meaning constructed by experience. Place is known not only through the eyes and mind but also through the more passive and direct modes of experience, which resist objectification. To know a place fully means both to understand it in an abstract way and to know it as one person …