The days before life imposes

The beauty of children all over the world

~ photos by Gwen C. Murray

That smile

I took this photograph in Pakistan in 1980, this small girl in school, a small building in the mountains with thirty students. Each student used a stick to write on the dirt floor to do their lessons.

~ Gwen C. Murray

Spots from dinner in Burma

The boy with the watermelon was taken in Burma.

It was quite primitive at the time, I think we realized what culture shock was. Before we went through customs they counted my jewelry and made a list so I would return it on the way out. 

At the Strand hotel one could identify her table in the dining room by the spots from dinner the previous night.

The Burmese were lovely and the temples grand.

photos by Gwen Murray TRAVELING IN BURMA

Tiny girl

In the brown Moroccan village the color of sand In layers of dust and despair 

The child stands on a stick of a leg 

Wrapped in white cloth 

She will speak, begging for Dirham 

I see this tiny girl and do nothing 

I want to pay for her good health 

Soon she will be veiled 

Ready for picking 

Never ready for brown babies 

Who will tear her young flesh 

Demanding care she cannot give

~ GC Murray 2000

When it's funny, it's funny

Saturday afternoon at the movies ~