The view from the Church of Saint Catherine, a religious and cultural landmark in Oia, on the island of Santorini. Saint Catherine's day of reflection is celebrated on the 25th of November. Its significance is closely tied to the heritage and daily life of the local community.

Unharvested - Ατρύγητα

"The sand of the beach and the sea itself were thought to be sterile, in contrast to the fertility of the fields. For this reason, the “Iliad” and “Odyssey” regularly call the sea “atrygetos” – meaning “unharvested.”

(Marie-Claire Beaulieu, Assoc. Professor, Tufts Univ.)

Ρούπελ, 6 Απριλίου 1941.

Evicted sharecroppers along a road in southeastern Missouri, U.S., January 1939.

Arthur Rothstein - Farm Security Administration, Libraryof Congress, Publisher: Encyclopedia Britannica.

"The plain of Mantineia. The territory of Mantineia was bounded on the west by Mount Maenalus and on the east by Mount Artemisium (as seen in this image), which separated it from Argolis."

"... Covid vaccines became bound up with identity politics, with a strong negative correlation between the share of a county’s votes that went for Trump and the willingness of its residents to get their shots..."

Paul Krugman, Feb 18, 2025

A place that you had become emotionatelly attached to, mainly because of people you loved who are not there any more, is not at all the same for you, however it still moves you.

Ένας τόπος που είχες συνδεθεί συναισθηματικά, κυρίως λόγω αγαπητών προσώπων που δεν υπάρχουν πια, δεν παραμένει καθόλου ο ίδιος αλλά συνεχίζει να συγκινεί.

Κωνσταντίνος Σημίτης, 1936 - 2025