10 Jun 2014
Hospedaria
An old hostel, located in the center of Porto, served for many years as a hostel for people with few possessions, prostitutes and people passing through who made that place a more or less prolonged residence.
Joanne Martin: A Life in Miniature
Life is what you make it.
A septuagenarian woman from St. Louis, Missouri has been a miniaturist, businesswoman, museum president, Girl Scout leader, teacher, student, mother, daughter, and most of all, an indomitable human spirit. Life is what you make it.
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Joanne Martin Self
Stephanie Lewis Narrator
Jessica Duncan Self
Fay Stamm-Nichols Self
Joe Zerbolio Self
Fay Zerbolio Self
Darlene Carter Self
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