Light from underneath…
Blame it on whatever natural phenomenon you’d like – angle of the sun, atmospheric composition, amount of trees in bloom vs leaves on the ground, whatever… …it never fails to…
Take one down…
The office. Wherever I go into a city, I have an office. In Greece, my office was was the coffeeshop down the street from the Fivos Hotel where I stay…
Never expect plans…
Never expect to know where you will be this afternoon, let alone tomorrow or next week. If you do, you’re likely setting yourself up for disappointment. Because whatever you THINK…
Walk in someone else’s sandals…
…or have your own made for you. The Melissinos have been making sandals for three generations now. And for famous people, too: John Lennon, Jackie Onassis, Bob Saget, a host…
In the shade…
Took a walk around the historical stuff again today. Acropolis, the agoras… …so many of the old stories that I was told come flooding back. Its really true: you remember…
Two peas in a pod…
…or two grapes on a vine, if you will. Or two dogs in a window surrounded by grapes on a vine. I mean, its all Athens. For a short time…
To be home again…
…yet I am thousands of miles away. But to me, this feels very much like “home.” Somehow, Greece feels just as much of “home” as my University back in Arkansas…
Someday it may be important that I pressed the shutter…
Sometimes when you don’t develop film for a while, it is easy to forget what was on the rolls you took. In this case, it was quite a surprise……
The close of a few…
And so it is… the end of my stay in Greece. Since January 15 I have lived in the small Athens suburb of Porto Rafti. You’ve seen me travel…
I’m outta here… where to?
** ORIGINAL POST: 27 Feb 2008 ** The past few days have been ridiculous – projects and tests… one after another… My last one is at 8:30pm (Athens time) today.…
A day for love… and not for public demonstrations…
** ORIGINAL POST: 16 Feb 2008 ** So, I honestly did not know what to expect the day after massive strikes and demonstrations by the public transportation workers in Athens,…
Leica at long last…
** ORIGINAL POST: 12 Feb 2008 ** Ah… to see the scans come back from the lab. It makes a guy feel all warm and fuzzy inside. A couple of…