COMPRADOR BLUES

Infinite Beauty
         Non-Paideia
         Incongruence

Economies paralleling,
impacting tourism,

Economy, as the function of Tourism 

WHERE IS THIS HEADED?

ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΠΑΕΙ;

Άδειες οι σκέψεις.     
Empty thoughts
άνευ διατροφής,
lack of nutrition
άβυσσος πρωτοβουλίας,
initiative in abyss
απουσία βάθους και πρόβλεψης 
absence of depth and foresight

Η οκνηρία παρών
Sloth-like environments obvious
το εργοστάσιο έκλεισε
the faculties shut down



27 Ιουνίου 2023
27/VI/2023

Βλέπω Εύβοια, 
τα βουνά ατελείωτες νότες,
ντιμινουίτα στο βάθος 

Τα κύματα απλώνονται 
μελωδία σύγχρονης φύσης 

Γαία, 
μη μας παρατάς,
η αρμονία
μας φτιάχνει 


 
Looking across at Evia
notes of unending mountains,
diminished in the far-off distance

Waves, splashing ashore
contemporary nature’s melody


Gaia,
don’t abandon us,
the harmony
makes our day



ΟΜ
Μαρίκες 
6 Μαΐου 2019

Οι συκιές γεμίζουν το μάτι,
η ελιά μας δίνει ζωή,
η ροδιά χρωματίζει
το γιασεμί ευωδιάζει
η θάλασσα θεραπεύει

Ο Ήλιος χαμογελά,
καλωσορίζοντας την Σελήνη
Οι φιλίες καρποφορούν,
δημιουργώντας χαρά και έννοια

Θετικές σκέψεις μας καθοδηγούν 
στο μεγάλο ταξίδι
 


Fig trees fill the horizon,
olive trees life-giving,
pomegranates color,
jasmine’s fragrance;

Helios smiles,
welcoming Selene;
Friendships blossom,
creating joy and meaning

Positive thoughts,
guiding us on the great voyage

ΟΜ

 

α.
Mάτια λαμπρά,
ή ζωή καλωσορίζει 

β.
Παιδικές χαρές,
μπλεξίματα εφηβείας,
αντιδράσεις, εμπειρίες 

γ.
Απαιτήσεις σταδιοδρομίας, 
έρωτες και αγάπες,
μάθηση σφραγισμένη

δ.
Μεσ´το λούκι 
οι εξαιρέσεις λίγες 
άντε να προκόψεις

ε.
Υπό του ρολογιού τη σκιά, 
ταλαιπωρία προς το άπειρο

ζ.
Ξελάσπωμα ο στόχος,
η επώαση τελειώνει  (ή συνεχίζει;)


Η καλή μέρα από το πρωί φαίνεται

ΟΜ
2019/20



a.

Bright eyes,
life awaits

 b.

 Children's travails,
 adolescent entanglements,
 reactions, experiences

 c.

 Career expectations,
 eros and love,
 course of study sealed

 d.

 In the rat race,
 few exceptions,
 good luck breaking out of pack

 e.

 Under clock's shadow,
 hardship towards infinity

 f.

 Breaking free the goal,
 incubation over (or continues?)
 

 Good day begins in the morning..

 OM

REMEMBERING THOSE WHO GAVE..

A journey to Trader Joe's usually involves sampling the latest end-cap items, picking up things you did not have on your list, and friendly staff.  The unexpected greeted me yesterday, as I went to pick up some non-essentials.

Walking down the frozen appetizers section, I noted an older man with a hat that had "WW2 Veteran" on it. 

"What theater of operations were you in?" I asked.

Bernard Weiss was a breath of fresh air, a tribute to the nonagenarian spirit.  Having been assigned to the Seventh Armored Division in Europe, he was relocated, much to his consternation, to the Pacific theater of operations, where he saw bloody action in Guam and surrounding areas.  I asked him whether taking Japanese prisoners was the exception rather than the rule.  "Absolutely," he replied.  "We would secure islands where the army needed to build air strips; we captured very few Japanese, as surrender was considered shameful."   He spoke at length about his experience, at one point pulling out his wallet, from which he took out a black and white photo, taken in 1945, where he is pictured with a smiling Japanese POW.  "Why is the prisoner smiling,"  I asked.  "Because he is alive, and I let him keep his wedding band,"  replied Bernie, who had no problem communicating with the prisoner, as the latter was originally from California, having gone back to Japan before the beginning of the war.

Proudly awaiting his ninety-third birthday, Bernie told me that he married Ingrid, a former German diplomat stationed in Washingon, in the 1980s, and that they travel to Munich often. 

I thanked him for his sacrifice and for sharing his life with me.

My day was ever more enriched, as was my life.


Odysseus
May 24, 2012 

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Nature’s tapestry
filling the eye
Symbiosis of vibrancy and soul