Monday, 13 January 2020

November, 22 - Climate change


Lesvos is just not that interested in climate change nor does it subscribe to the dehumanization of society. Even that this long, warm autumn tries to prove different: Climate change, http://smitakislesvos.com/en/climate-change/

November, 4 - Rivers deep, Mountains high


Lesvos has many rivers, whose channels are dry in the summer, resulting in beautiful places to walk, just like the areas around them: Rivers deep, mountains high, http://smitakislesvos.com/en/rivers-deep-mountains-high/

October, 17 - Where are the palamides?


About a myth of Aphrodite, Eros and two fish, a Syrian version of it, about missing Palamides and fishing Turks: Where are the palamides?, http://smitakislesvos.com/en/where-are-the-palamides/

Friday, 4 October 2019

Rainmakers


Waiting for the autumnal rains, stopping the figs harvest, but they cannot save the red blackberries. Even politicians cannot: Rainmakers

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

A pole here, a pole there


About poles in the Lesvorian landscape, especially those who popped up at the works on the new road Kalloni – Sigri: A pole here, a pole there 

Thursday, 5 September 2019

Waiting for Mary


(Photo: internet)


On August 15th masses of Greeks will visit a PanagĂ­a church in order to honour the Holy Mary. She ended her life like a refugee: Waiting for Mary

The two faces of Moria


(Photo: Z. Mathiellis)



A few years ago saying Moria meant the Roman aquaduct, still standing in the vicinity of the village of Moria. Nowadays its name is synonym to the refugee centre Moria, also in the same region. Read more about it: The two faces of Moria