by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
“One of the times indelibly folded into my soul when I was a young girl, was night’s enchantment. Then there were no walls to shield us from the night, its nocturnal creatures and spirits. Our night visitors were...
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
“.. our priceless vardos, our only homes, sturdy on five-foot wheels Rom vardos were masterpieces, never before seen and never to be seen again. Our symbols were elaborately carved into hardwood, with bright colors intricately applied. This was not enough to...
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
“We Rom did not even have a word in our language for ‘possess’, while for the gadje, it is probably the most significant and the most defining word in their language. Surely, it is only by possessions that the worth of an individual gadjo can ever be determined....
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
“As for our future, we left it to its rightful owners: the wind or to fate. So unlike the frightened gadje who lined up for predictions from the gypsy fortune-tellers to reassure them about their lives…. The Rom do not tell fortunes for one another because...
by Laura Shepard Townsend | Blog
“If you ask the gadje about the Gypsies, they call us thieves, but all Gypsies know it is the gadje who are the worst thieves. We Rom know if the gadje had their way, they would own everything, and if they could, they would even claim to possess the sun and then...
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