As most of the world celebrates the new year, January 1st also commemorates the passing of someone special: Effie Baker. In fact, if you visit bahaullah.org (a wonderful photographic narrative of the life of Baha’u’llah) you’ll notice that many of the photographs of 1930’s Iran are credited to Effie Baker. A western Baha’i woman photographer in Iran…
Years ago I saw an online article stating the harmful effects of using canola oil. That only reinforced my slightly negative view of canola oil. So I set out to avoid it, instead opting for olive oil wherever I could. That includes my sandwich spread. I switched to using butter with olive oil. Then, I…
A wet purse was discovered at the seaside in January of 1954. The woman who had been carrying the bag was on a flight from Rome to London. Two days earlier, the jet had crashed into the water, killing every person on board. There was a booklet about the Bahá’i Faith inside the purse. A…
