Nonexistent sidewalks, leaving pedestrian to imagine width and access, with nowhere else to go but to street.

Passers-by walking, some with smile.  Stray dogs and cats (what about the people and culture?)

The neighborhood, beauty from the past, in chaotic present; random expressions of hope, reflected in children and unobstructed view of the blue sea.
 
OM 
22 Oct 2019
 

I
Exiting dreams,
Hypnos gives way to Eos

II
Helios takes baton,
illuminating world

III
Eyes straining to discern,
one functioning,
limited sight,
endless vision

IV
Days in life,
currents in river,
leaving patterns,
revealing nuggets

V
Optimism,
fruit of balanced longevity,
cultivated at every turn,
fermenting life

VI
Life,
as function of travel,
feeding thirst and horizon

VII
Venue of residence,
shifting target

VIII
Assymetrical—
Critical thinking: thinking (?)
Well-read, informed: average ectoplasm

IX
Delenda est,
puppeteers rule;
Salt on earth,
mental wounds
X
Amorem et odium;
Colosseum, άρτος και θέαμα,
facade of civilized fair play

XI
Reaffirmation,
memories,
friendships,
wind in the sails

XII
Reflection,
past,
present,
pillars of foundation,
offspring bringing smile
to faces

ΟΜ
9 Jan 2020









Sent from my iPhone

Hues of blue, 
sea and sky,
I am transfixed

 Dusk spreading 
 at Helios’ departure,
 dissipating inertia of soul

 Aποχρώσεις μπλε
 θαλασσης και ουρανού
 Μεταμφιέζομαι

Το σούρουπο απλώνεται
με την αναχώρηση Ηλιου,     
διαλύοντας αδράνεια ψυχής

OM

7 May 2024

Click here for podcast “A Way Home for “The Lost Children of Greece” “

Posting the recent interview by Thanos Davelis (The Greek Current) with Mary Cardaras, a Greek-born adoptee, author of “Ripped at the Root” and editor of “Voices of the Lost Children of Greece”, journalist, and founder and director of The Demos Center at The American College of Greece.

The touching history Dr Cardaras narrates is that of children who were taken away from their birth parents in Greece, and given up for adoption to families abroad.. a story of collusion between the Greek state, church, and other corrupt organizations and participants, and the kafkaesque response of the Greek government dealing with unsealing of adoptees’ birth records and (non)granting of citizenship.  

The petition “Nostos for Greek Adoptees” asks the Greek state to recognize 4,000 of Greek-born adoptees, and to accept that the post-war Greek state was a party to the uprooted adoptees’ systematic export from Greece, as the children  were offered for adoption to new parents and in places unknown. 

Click here to access and sign petition…

Click to listen

Κάλαντα (Διασκευή ΟΜ)

Greek Holiday Carol Arrangement

Ότι το καλύτερο για όλους

Wishing the best to all

This journey has taken us through many stations; experiences, people got on for the ride. Some stayed on longer than others; others transferred to other trains, as paths diverged or stopped.  

The train we are on has as destination positivity, albeit with occasional detours of regret.

Tunnel vision has led me to better discern surrounding energy; where I cannot see, I envision. Aura created by each encounter is another layer in Life’s surprises.

Summer 2021



FATE’S VOYAGE

Fate was hitched,
to many passersby;

Overexertion of insecurity,
seeking validation;

Time, nature, experiences,
providing therapy,
realization of self,
on voyage of fulfillment

20 August 2022


Continuum 
Approaching Balance

The sifting goes on,
searching for,
finding the nuggets

Friendship,
not based on quid pro quo,
not on validations

Where a smile
and conversation,
uncharacterized by simulation,
authenticate continuity

OM
25 Nov 2019


STRIKING GOLD
Reflecting on Friendship 

Process refined,
many years’ process;
Finding friends,
sifting through silt of characters;
Gold remains at the end,
forever enriching our lives
 
OM
6 July 2018