May… …Persefone left the thick gloom of Hades to go up to the plains of her beloved land, blessing the earth with life. May… Zafiris,* a young boy, lies down pretending to be dead and the girls adorn him with flowers and leaves singing mourning songs. Before the last verse the…
I really eat bergamot for day to dawn…
…. and I write poems so as to fall in love rightly, Odysseas Elytis says.* To fall in love you have to write poems of course, and the bergamot’s flavor explosions do pull the night away! In another poem, he writes: You…
CHRISTMAS #3. PASTRY SWADDLING CLOTHES (Τα σπάργανα του Χριστού)
Thin ribbons of fried dough or strips having the thickness of a pencil… They are crunchy but fragile and melt in the mouth. It’s quite easy to make them; you just need flour and water or orange juice and sometimes…
AN ACT OF GRATITUDE: BAKE A CAKE.
One must sacrifice to the gods for three purposes: to give honor, to show gratitude, or because of one’s need of good things. (Theophrastus, On Piety, frag. 12, Potscher, 42-4). And in return, the ancient gods were pleased with the expressions of…
A FABULOUS BLOG AWARD
One of my favourite bloggers, the lovely Tangled Noodle has passed on to me the Fabulous Blog Award. Since I am the honored recipient of it- thanks a lot, Tangled Noodle- I have to pass it on to five other blogs…