For the record... this girl celebrates the bonds of friendship and 
commerce that weave through all countries around the world, the sharing 
of talents, creativity, good will, kindness and goods that transcends 
borders. In fact, this morning I am eating an avocado from Mexico, and 
drinking a mug (hand painted in Italy) of coffee whose beans were 
harvested in Sumatra. I buy hand dyed silk from a woman in Australia and
 dyed wool from a woman in Czechoslovakia. In turn my books, f
iber
 art and paintings travel the world  - my painted girls advertise a spa 
in Germany and adorn a garden wall (as a mosaic) in South Australia. I 
have a dear friend from the Netherlands, another from South Africa, and 
yet another whose husband is from China...  oh did I mention Mom is 
Canadian. I celebrate all people, all countries, all belief systems, all
 backgrounds.