• Posts Tagged ‘dust’

    Purple rain

    by  • 5 May, 2004 • Uncategorized • 1 Comment

    For the last 2 days we’ve had an extremely warm south wind blowing, the Notiás as it is known locally. During such days most people complain about bodily inconveniences such as lack of energy, headaches, tearing eyes, and a whole lot more. We are probably not integrated enough to experience this. Give us a...

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    I never told you that, did I?

    by  • 25 March, 2004 • Uncategorized • 0 Comments

    Some people have very diplomatically brought to my attention the fact that I never said anything about what it was exactly that I did here in Crete. I checked the archives of the Chronicles, because I thought I had narrated about that. Apparently, if I did, I only did it mentally. So, to make...

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    To the oracle

    by  • 6 January, 2003 • Travel • 0 Comments

    I decided to get off at the first village that would have a place to stay for the night. By now it was past 6 o’clock, light was fading quickly, when I came to a crossroads in Itía. To the right was the main road to Athens, left pointed to Delphi, 9 kilometers away....

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    It’s all Greek to me

    by  • 5 January, 2003 • Travel • 0 Comments

    The grounds on which the boat terminal is located had a definite Greek look to it already. I couldn’t see the boats from the road. There was no indication that I was indeed at the passengers ferry terminal. The roads on the grounds were full of holes, now filled with water. I could see...

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