Month: July 2019

Scale

By our count, there are at least eight bakeries on Patmos. Like the tavernas here, each has its distinguishing specialties around a core set of

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A Longer Leash

"No, mommy, no…. give me one more chance….one more chance…one more chance!!!"  Emily and I take a sick pleasure when it's not our kid. We

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The New Normal

"How many years have we been gone now?" Ailyn asked as we left for the beach.  While we have been gone from home just over

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Living With Less

Patmos – and largely Greek – business hours are usually 9 to noon and 5 to 11 daily, except Sundays with some minor variations and

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Building Bridges

Kampos Beach has nothing but swimming-pool calm water with shallow water that stretches on endlessly. I have never bothered to walk far enough to see

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Assumptions

Today, our landlord/host Victor came knocked on our door in the late morning. He very courteously wanted to find out what time it might be

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Return To The Blue Lagoon

"Happy Birthday, America!" Sennen yelled. "Happy Birthday, America!" Ailyn echoed while swimming in tourmaline blue waters of a cove of nearby Tiganakia island. They had

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Finding The Energy

The European Union's periphery is both figurative and literal. If you think of the Iberian Peninsula hanging off the far west and Greece hanging off

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