Friday, January 19, 2018

Esther Alvina Ellinghuesen

Teacher, Publisher, Missionary: What an amazing woman.











To this day, artifacts of Esther are present in my life. 
A battered camel saddle bought in a Cairo souk 60 years ago. 
Huge brass candlesticks.
Inlaid boxes, falling to pieces.
Just tourist trinkets that seeded my life with the desire to travel and see the places of my childhood imagination.

Inside Tut's Tomb
The Lion Gate at Mycenae 
Standing atop the Great Pyramid looking out over the Sahara
The Palace at Knossus
Luxor
The Nile
The Taj Mahal
Fatehpur Sikri 
The Toy Train to Darjeeling
Kanchenjunga
Dhaulagiri
Machupuchare
Annapurna
Kaziranga

Thank you, Esther