https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1166516/eu-health-body-places-greece-in-the-red-as-new-covid-19-cases-rise/

Dear readers, you may find the following videos of interest.

https://youtu.be/IQATsepKoLE

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Fires burning over Vilia (62 km due west), located near the ancient port of a Aigosthena (Porto Germeno). Helicopters seen in our area, carrying tons of sea water put out fires. Color of setting sun: red.

Time passes, but memories remain.

Two weeks ago, our family was in Rovies, Evia, when the catastrophic fire in Evia started. I sit, reflecting on what could have been, and what came to be. There are always the “whys” and “because” following events of disastrous proportion. Let it suffice to say that many people in Evia and elsewhere performed philanthropic and ecological deeds that took extraordinary courage and effort. On the other hand, the mechanisms of mass media frequently portrayed the inferno with “climate change” and “evacuation,” without commenting on the “why” and absence of adequate resources.

Certain government figures have stated that Greece is headed towards a carbon-free environment. I invite my readers to visit Rafina during the summer, when the ships release sulfur dioxide into the air at random, even though the European Union and the International Maritime Organization have passed regulations proscribing that form of pollution. Carbon-free?

Who will, how will the ecological balance be restored? Untold casualties of biological agriculture, beekeeping, oxygen generated by pristine deciduous and coniferous forests… Most importantly, how do displaced people restart their lives? The mental and physical casualties will predominate for years…

PENCILED THOUGHTS– ERASED?


I sit, reflect on frames of life
pausing, as if each an 8 mm vignette

Standing with friends, supporting
We continue in journey of seen (and unforeseen) destinations

More paying fare to Charon
shortened years of earthly existence;
How many similar stories,
where trajectories end abruptly?

Incline of hope
slope of one plus
Where field of vision is on par with negative
Science, fervently working on reversing pattern
Brethren, there is light
at a speed not fast enough

We await as Stoics
We expect as Optimists

Blessings to all

Odysseus
22 July 2021

Recent article.. attesting to cultural wealth in Chania and Crete.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/resurrection-of-an-ancient-greek-synagogue-in-crete-676451

Πρόσωπα χαμογελαστά
ο ήλιος να λάμπει
που είναι τώρα;

Smiling faces, sun shining,
where are they now?

Το δέντρο έγινε στάχτη
το χαμόγελο κενό
το χωριό, τάφος ονείρων

The tree now ash,
absence of smile;
village, graveyard of dreams

5 Αυγούστου 2021

Eclipsed Thoughts

Awaking from depression,

transitioning;

Aeolos inspiring,

pastels of positivity,

blues, infinite wavelength;

Vibrancy in light,

kinetic energy,

synthesis of sound and light

Marikes

14 August 2021

Molten thoughts,

seared by recent events;

Thinking of what was,

what is

Fate, initiative,

determining outcome;

Time inconsequential,

has “now” evaporated?