Scarlet Robe Creations

Carl Bloch - Healing the Blind Man (1871) "So, I was people watching the other day," she says.  Her name is Julia.  She has graying hair and stubby fingers, which move constantly as she speaks. Her companion, a former co-worker, and now a retiree asks, "Where?" "Wally World." "Wally what?" "You know," Julia replies with a smile, "Walmart.  I was just walking around the store watching people.  Sometimes I go to the casino and do the same.  I see young people with blue hair, young women wearing inappropriate clothing, people who are too over weight for their own good.  I wonder about their lives.  One person seems to walk through life unscathed, another has a difficult time finding solid footing." "You base this on their appearance?" Without answering the question, Julia says, "Where is it that there is a blind beggar named Bartimaeus in the Bible?" "The Gospel of Mark," her companion responds. ...