A Few of My Favourite Things
‘The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy, it’s all that matters’ Audrey Hepburn Everyone should have a happy list; a list that we can take out...
Greeker Than The Greeks
The Powerful Sense of Smell
How powerful the sense of smell is, it can evoke vivid, forgotten memories in seconds, childhood memories, a certain day, people and places. This must begin at birth, the ability a newborn baby...
The Greek Panigiri – Celebrating Greek-Style
During the summer months, all over Greece, from the smallest of churches in the smallest of villages, to the largest of cathedrals in the largest of towns, Greeks keep a centuries old...
Summer in a Greek Garden
I’m so lucky to live in Greece with its warm, sunny climate which allows me to more or less live outdoors in the garden through spring, summer and well into the autumn, even...
15 Unique Greek Women – Ancient and Modern
“If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.” Aristotle Onassis Since ancient times women have played a major role in Greek society, going way back to the...
September is a Melancholy Month
September is a melancholy month, a month of endings and a month of new beginnings. My “New Year” begins with September not January, this is the time of summer drawing to a close,...
To My Children – Being a Mother
“Mothers are all slightly insane.” J.D Salinger The Catcher in the Rye Was I a good mother? Was I bad mother? A bit of both I suppose, after all nobody is perfect....
Loutraki Corinthia – Greece
Loutraki is a small spa town in Greece, which, for the past forty two years, I’ve called home. It’s the place where my two children were raised, the place where I saw them...
