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Tutorial: how to make curtains from plastic bags

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Art for Housewives

Below is the entrance to our house here on Paros. We’ve given it the name La Sussurrata – in Agatha Christie books, houses always seem to have a name so I decided our house needed a name, too. “Sussurrare” means, in … Continue reading →

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Lemon Verbena Tea

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Art for Housewives

One day I went to visit Eva and Wim. Eva offered me a glass of tea that she poured from a blue water bottle. The tea was light and refreshing, perfect for a hot summer day. So I asked Eva … Continue reading →

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Birthday Wishes

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Art for Housewives

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.

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Art for Housewives

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

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Art for Housewives

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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