If I were a drinking gal I’d invent a new cocktail and name it after my current predicament… ‘Ankle on Ice.’ Then I’d open a bar where customers would include others–because there must be others–who have stepped or will step into the same hole I did on the lovely, tourist attraction waterfront walk in Argostoli, […]
Pssst… Hey, can you keep a secret? No? Well, neither can I. Soon I, Princess Jorja Specklestockings, will be going somewhere. Hint: windmills, bicycles, tulips, everything orange, and… happy dogs. Where in the world could that be? You guessed it—Holland! And it’s thanks to my fairy godmother Anneloes Wagenaar Hummelinck and the wonderful group Stichting […]
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves, as the saying goes. Ipomoni wears hers on her… face! To me the heart-shaped marking around her eyes is symbolic of this girl’s open and loving nature. When I met her a few weeks ago at the building supply store where she […]
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ Upon hearing that I had developed a cough Sunday night, a friend in Denmark commented, “Your lungs are bothered because lungs get affected by anxiety. Can’t blame you though. Glad I don’t have to see all that every time I turn a corner.” By “all that” Frederikke Marie Sand meant […]
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ If there’s anything worse than seeing a dog on a chain, it’s seeing a puppy on a chain. And if there’s anything worse than that, it’s watching cars whiz by a puppy in the road. Therefore, I now have a puppy in my house. I first met this girl a […]
