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After the 2016 election in November, I began to feel a desperate need for heroes in American life -- and yes, I agree with Brecht who said: "Unhappy is the land that needs a hero." So in addition to my food blog, I returned to my hero blog where I have, in the past catalogued secular Jewish heroes. You can read it here:
Meanwhile, I'm still an occasional Mona Lisa collector. Enjoy New Year's Eve 2017 as Mona Lisa celebrates... and recovers. Images from a blog post I did long ago:
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