Tag: greece
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December 09, 2008 01:05 PM EST --
Today was the funeral of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos, whose death sparked nation wide rioting by youths since Saturday. Alexandros was shot in the chest by a police man who has been arrested . . .
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September 01, 2008 07:24 PM EDT --
More photos from the island of Lesvos.
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August 27, 2008 09:54 AM EDT --
Greece 2002
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August 26, 2008 09:24 AM EDT --
A few odds and ends from my coll ectio n of photos from Greece. Ta ken in 2000.
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May 13, 2008 04:49 AM EDT --
The nine Muses of Greek mythology are the goddess daughters of the great Zeus and his consort Mnemosyne , the goddess of memory.
She symbolised the memory of all great events. Even . . .
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July 15, 2008 04:43 PM EDT --
Vrahassi is an old village up in the mountains of north-eastern Crete. We drove up yesterday to look at it, and stayed for dinner at a Taverna called Platanos, after the Plane tree that grows on the square . . .
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July 20, 2008 06:40 AM EDT --
One week in Greece - you knew I would come back with a recipe or two! Here is a vegan Greek dinner. It is simple to make, although it takes quite long to prepare. It is worth it!
Traditionally, . . .
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August 13, 2008 11:01 AM EDT --
Water
relentlessly
pounds every shore on earth,
smoothing hard rocks into soft sand.
So life pounds us daily, gentles away
roughness, creates strength from mistakes,
leaves souls more beautiful. . . .
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February 04, 2007 03:00 AM EST --
Male nudes are the norm in Greek art, even though historians have stated that ancient Greeks kept their clothes on for the most part. New research suggests that art might have been imitating life more . . .
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September 27, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
Shirley Valentine - 1989
Pauline Collins
Tom Conti
*****
This is one of my classic favorites. I don't believe the story ever gets stale as it is about human nature, the adventure . . .
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March 21, 2007 09:05 AM EDT --
Oh great Alexander
Hero of my childhood dreams
You who shaped my life
Why have you left me haunted?
You who learned at the feet of Aristotle
All there is of pure thought and
How noble deeds lead on to . . .
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August 29, 2007 03:42 PM EDT --
Let's pause for a moment and think of the devastation caused by rampant roaring fires of large parts of Greece. I think that a prayer is needed. Amen. Thank you all.
Introduction
The nine Muses of . . .
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June 29, 2008 04:06 AM EDT --
I felt like closing the gate to my soul. There was too much "nothing" polluting my space. The "nothing" contained selfishness, hate, pride, self importance and self adoration. But . . .
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October 11, 2009 05:59 AM EDT --
Join me on a tour of Aegina which is one of the islands in the Saronic Gulf. Aegina is only an hour trip from Piraeus by the regular ferry and 30 minutes with the hydrofoil.
While on the deck of . . .
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May 02, 2008 09:18 AM EDT --
Socrates was a distinguished Greek philosopher. The son of a sculptor, and for some time followed that calling himself. He also spent time serving in the army.
Returning to Athens he devoted himself . . .
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May 06, 2008 11:40 AM EDT --
Oh, great Alexander,
Hero of my childhood dreams.
You who shaped my life.
Why have you left me haunted?
At the feet of Aristotle you learned,
Reason . . .
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March 20, 2008 04:04 AM EDT --
Colours of Love is now Podcast on my profile page in spoken word.)m
www.myspace.com/jbarrie1
Colours of Love ~
Emerging from a single source, formed of the . . .
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September 26, 2007 11:47 AM EDT --
I've enjoyed Mythology since I was younger, and continued to through Latin class in High school and a college Mythology course...taking a trip to Rome topped it off a few years ago, one place I always . . .
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April 30, 2008 03:15 AM EDT --
Easter is one of the most important holidays of the year in Greece.
The date of the Greek Orthodox Easter is based on a modified Julian calendar and the festivities do not usually occur at the same . . .
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May 14, 2008 10:42 AM EDT --
It's almost summer time, which means that many of you are starting to plan a vacation with your family, friends, or a loved one. Where are you planning to go? Have you considered going on a cruise? . . .
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