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As it seems, astrologers recommend that the best thing to do in a period in which mercury appears to be moving backwards, is to process things of the past; re-think, re-evaluate and then plan ahead. I recently did. Not so much because I am such an astrology geek, but because being in my classic end-of-summer […]

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The sea of macrames, embroideries and crochets on the shops of Fodele village in Crete captures the eye of the visitor: many of those patterns are knotted outdoors in patience; shining like spider webs under the sun. When you watch the experienced artisans knotting, it seems as if their mind is everywhere but on the […]

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I can’t believe that a year has passed since the last festival – and I can’t believe it’s been six years already that the Routes in Marpissa experiential and cultural festival turned my summers and my life upside down, bringing  joy and inspiration. I recently read that the way we perceive time has to do with fragments […]

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This picture is so characteristic of island life in Greece that makes me smile: even though it was captured in Santorini, you can see a gathering like that outside a small church of Paros, or Sifnos, or Donoussa… People that talk with their hands, while others -in silence- keep their hands crossed as they listen […]

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