As sunlight shadow boxes carelessly overhead The play of light forges parallel lines below… …shadows of life …geometry of shape Striations in black and white and shades of grey…
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There are some wonderful words in the Greek language which unfortunately, have no accurate translation or English equivalent. Philoxenia is one of them. Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) is derived from the word philos (φίλος) meaning friend, and xenos (ξένος) meaning stranger or foreigner. But the real meaning is definitely lost in translation, as it encompasses something much […]
Is peaceful… Is healthy…. Is unadorned… Is tranquil…
Friendship is meeting your previously unknown twin soul for the very first time, wearing the same Balinese-print shorts even though you live on opposite sides of the world! Friendship is idly watching the sun sink into an inky sea, leaving a trail of pink taffeta as you silently sit in each other’s company. It’s committing […]
Goat bells are the symphony of the land in Greece. A Greek word symphōnos (σύμφωνος) meaning harmonious, it changes with the heat of the day. The allegro movement at dawn is a dulcet-toned melody interspersed with plaintive baby bleats and the shrill shepherd’s whistle as they eagerly gambol into the day – nature’s wake-up call. During the noon of […]
Photos (φωτός) meaning light Graphos (γραφωσ) meaning to write or to draw So, Photos and Graphos means drawing with light. Photography is the art of drawing with light!
The island is small with a gargantuan history and culture, and has contributed more to the rest of the world than any other place its size. It has endured centuries of invasions and so been injected with extraordinary influences such as Byzantine, Venetian and Turkish to name a few. It lies at the heart of […]
It’s a bugbear of mine… Not a serious one… But a bugbear nonetheless, and it’s actually quite easy to remember… So here goes… It is about the meaning of it’s! It’s simply “It is”… Or “It has”… … Nothing else… Ever! As in… It’s a dull day meaning, It is a dull day Or It’s […]
My first Greek Easter in Agios Nikolaos, Eastern Crete was a long time ago – some 25 years ago in fact and I’ve been lucky to have experienced many since. And I have to say not much has changed. Thank goodness! I first had an inkling that something big was going to happen was when […]
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Be sure to try the local wine in Greece which is called Hima, (χύμα). It loosely translates to bulk, unbottled or unpackaged – in other words wine straight from a barrel. It comes in various sizes, depending on how thirsty you are and it will be served in a coloured anodised jug and with glass […]