ισχυροί βόρειοι άνεμοι που φυσάνε στην ανατολική Mεσόγειο ιδίως κατά το καλοκαίρι. strong northerly winds blowing in the eastern mediterranean especially during the summer.

Monthly Archives: November 2013

Thanksgiving…

To all my friends who are spending this day with loved ones, may you enjoy your day and your feast (hopefully with minimal arguments and indigestion). To all my friends who are spending this day with the grief of the loss of loved ones, may the warmth of memories and the love and good times that you shared with those no longer with you bring you some comfort and even joy. To all my friends who are spending this day alone, possibly feeling isolated and despairing, since the loss of what we never had can hit pretty hard too, remember that this is just a day and that you are loved more than you know. To all my friends, regardless of where you find yourself today (even those of you in other countries who are scratching your head trying to figure out what on earth I am talking about on a Thursday), take a moment to appreciate the day, to be thankful, to laugh, to reach out to someone. And do it again tomorrow.

Thanksgiving paradoxes

Thanksgiving day is one of those paradoxes for me, a day where so many people feel truly grateful for the opportunity to spend time and share food with family and loved ones, yet so many people feel torn, isolated, and hungry, physically and emotionally; a day when we are supposed to remember what is good…Continue Reading

Austerity and how the rich are getting richer

Just so that we don’t forget who this is a crisis for and who benefits from the “austerity” measures. “Whereas in 2009 the wealthiest fifth of the population had incomes that were five times higher than the poorer fifth, they now earn 7.5 times more, according to Manos Matsanganis, an associate professor at the Athens…Continue Reading

Sensationalism?

I have been asked at times why I would post a video like the one I did yesterday, the one from Lefkada, with the capsized boat carrying migrants, that it seemed sensational. I have to admit that the question got me thinking. Is it just sensationalism? Why would we watch people working together to recover the…Continue Reading

Polytechnic, 40 years later

Today marks the beginning of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the student uprising at the Polytechnic University of Athens against the then military government, which ended on the 17th of November when tanks invaded the university grounds. True to form, the Greek Police is commemorating one of the more pivotal demands for democracy…Continue Reading