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Birthday Wishes

Today is my blog’s birthday.  Ten years ago, after reading The Scientific Warning of 1992 that starts off with: Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course, I felt the need to help promote that change necessary … Continue reading

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Beet Red… eating and dyeing.

It’s interesting to note the difference between the produce in Italy (where I live most of the time) and that of Paros. For example, there’s alot of fennel blub and rocket  in Italy that here is difficult to find– not … Continue reading

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Pruning a lifestyle

One of my favorite places on Paros is my terrace.  Since it faces west, I garden there only in the morning because it’s just too hot afterwards. Volver, our cat, likes to “help” but can’t understand when I yell at … Continue reading

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Sunscreens

Livadia Beach, Paros Going to the beach  means, obviously, the need for some kind of protection from the sun.  I use to think all I had to do was spread on some commercial sunscreen and everything would be ok.  However, … Continue reading

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Buying cheese at the farmers’ market

Often, on my way back from the beach at Livadia, I stop at the farmer’s market.  Well, more than a market, it’s a row of produce stands behind the chapel near the port.  Local farmers sit there in the shade … Continue reading

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