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Selling, Selling

209 min read

Selling, selling goes on the world over and has gone on for all time. High up on Mixalaki, I can hear a hum of activity rising from the Village below. The sounds of commerce—the fishmonger shouting “Ela, gavros, sardelles!” luring housewives to his

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Who Is That Man?

250 min read

Who is that man on the motor bike coming my way? It must be Adonis, husband of the vet Ourania. No. It’s the former boatman, Kosta, whose family ran the taverna at Glisteri Beach. And the woman at the ATM? Kary, the daughter of Yeorgos the

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School Is Out

78 min read

School is out and Skopelos town is filled with kids. "Ela, koretsia,” Come on, girls,  a small one shrieks gesturing to her friends to follow. Off they go skipping and jumping down the Post Office road. Everywhere kids romp or ride their bikes; the

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So Hot

404 min read

Traveling to Albania, I make a stop half way in Metsovo, a small village pressed into the mountain side on the eastern edge of the Pindos Range of Greece. I arrive there red as a strawberry and sweating profusely. My small Suzuki Jeep is a wondrous beast full of low gear power but with no AC she offers no comfort on summer’s hot highways.

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Prom Night in Permet

379 min read

The town square in Permet, Albania is lively on a summer’s evening. Kids are whizzing by on bicycles and scooters and little and big girls stroll across the square hand-in-hand. Young mothers are guiding their little ones who are eager to try out new legs with a free sprint around the cascading  fountain. Cafes on the square are filled to capacity.

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Change

222 min read

Change is a given everywhere even in this quiet part of the world, Webster County, West Virginia. Over in Huttonsville, my old friends Brandi and Chris have a new addition—Baby Magnum. And over the mountain in Webster Springs,

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Selling, Selling

209 min read

Selling, selling goes on the world over and has gone on for all time. High up on Mixalaki, I can hear a hum of activity rising from the Village below. The sounds of commerce—the fishmonger shouting “Ela, gavros, sardelles!” luring housewives to his

Read More

Who Is That Man?

250 min read

Who is that man on the motor bike coming my way? It must be Adonis, husband of the vet Ourania. No. It’s the former boatman, Kosta, whose family ran the taverna at Glisteri Beach. And the woman at the ATM? Kary, the daughter of Yeorgos the

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School Is Out

78 min read

School is out and Skopelos town is filled with kids. "Ela, koretsia,” Come on, girls,  a small one shrieks gesturing to her friends to follow. Off they go skipping and jumping down the Post Office road. Everywhere kids romp or ride their bikes; the

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So Hot

404 min read

Traveling to Albania, I make a stop half way in Metsovo, a small village pressed into the mountain side on the eastern edge of the Pindos Range of Greece. I arrive there red as a strawberry and sweating profusely. My small Suzuki Jeep is a wondrous beast full of low gear power but with no AC she offers no comfort on summer’s hot highways.

Read More

Prom Night in Permet

379 min read

The town square in Permet, Albania is lively on a summer’s evening. Kids are whizzing by on bicycles and scooters and little and big girls stroll across the square hand-in-hand. Young mothers are guiding their little ones who are eager to try out new legs with a free sprint around the cascading  fountain. Cafes on the square are filled to capacity.

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Change

222 min read

Change is a given everywhere even in this quiet part of the world, Webster County, West Virginia. Over in Huttonsville, my old friends Brandi and Chris have a new addition—Baby Magnum. And over the mountain in Webster Springs,

Read More

Selling, Selling

209 min read

Selling, selling goes on the world over and has gone on for all time. High up on Mixalaki, I can hear a hum of activity rising from the Village below. The sounds of commerce—the fishmonger shouting “Ela, gavros, sardelles!” luring housewives to his

Read More

Who Is That Man?

250 min read

Who is that man on the motor bike coming my way? It must be Adonis, husband of the vet Ourania. No. It’s the former boatman, Kosta, whose family ran the taverna at Glisteri Beach. And the woman at the ATM? Kary, the daughter of Yeorgos the

Read More

School Is Out

78 min read

School is out and Skopelos town is filled with kids. "Ela, koretsia,” Come on, girls,  a small one shrieks gesturing to her friends to follow. Off they go skipping and jumping down the Post Office road. Everywhere kids romp or ride their bikes; the

Read More

So Hot

404 min read

Traveling to Albania, I make a stop half way in Metsovo, a small village pressed into the mountain side on the eastern edge of the Pindos Range of Greece. I arrive there red as a strawberry and sweating profusely. My small Suzuki Jeep is a wondrous beast full of low gear power but with no AC she offers no comfort on summer’s hot highways.

Read More

Prom Night in Permet

379 min read

The town square in Permet, Albania is lively on a summer’s evening. Kids are whizzing by on bicycles and scooters and little and big girls stroll across the square hand-in-hand. Young mothers are guiding their little ones who are eager to try out new legs with a free sprint around the cascading  fountain. Cafes on the square are filled to capacity.

Read More

Change

222 min read

Change is a given everywhere even in this quiet part of the world, Webster County, West Virginia. Over in Huttonsville, my old friends Brandi and Chris have a new addition—Baby Magnum. And over the mountain in Webster Springs,

Read More