By Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ “At the garden centre across the road from us one of the dogs has had puppies,” friend Glenn Bates tells me in a message, “and last night at 2:30 a.m. they were playing in the middle of the road. It’s a nightmare, unbelievable. What’s going to happen to these poor […]
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 […]
