Elizabeth's passion is molas. She has a collection of over
two hundred molas. These were purchased in various locations throughout
Panama while we were stationed at Albrook Air Force Station, Republic
of Panama. Mola is the Kuna Indian word for blouse but the term
mola has come to mean the elaborate embroidered panels that make
up the front and back of a Kuna woman's blouse. The Kuna Indians
are the indigenous people who live on small coral islands in the
San Blas Archipelago along the Atlantic coast of Panama and Colombia.
Molas are collected as folk art and can be viewed at some of the
finest museums in the world like the Smithsonian in Washington,
DC and the Victoria and Albert in London. Some of my molas
Maps
Bob's vocation is mapping. He spent over 20 years in military
mapping before retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1996. Presently,
he works for Sterling Software
in their McLean, Virginia office as a Systems Architect
dealing with geospatial information (a fancy name for geographical
data, whether it is a map, chart, file, or whatever). His present
research interest is in the search and retrieval of geospatial
information. Mapping Related Links
