“There is a kind of flame in Crete - let us call it "soul" - something more powerful than either life or death. There is pride, ob...

“Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against.” - Barry Gardiner Welcome to the Travel Tuesday...

“There is a kind of flame in Crete - let us call it ‘soul’ - something more powerful than either life or death. There is pride, obstinacy, v...

“I wonder if Socrates and Plato took a house on Crete during the summer.” - Woody Allen Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join me every Tu...

“That the sea is one of the most beautiful and magnificent sights in Nature, all admit.” - John Joly Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme...

“There is a kind of flame in Crete - let us call it ‘soul’ - something more powerful than either life or death. There is pride, obstinacy...

“There us a kind of flame in Crete – let us call it ‘soul’ – something more powerful than either life or death. There is pride, obstinacy...

“Alas, poor me, that the wounds of love cannot be healed by herbs!” – Ovid   Origanum dictamnus ( dittany of Crete , Cretan dittany or...

“You have your brush, you have your colours, you paint the paradise, then in you go.” - Nikos Kazantzakis Welcome to the Travel Tuesday...

“There’s a place in the middle of the wine-dark sea called Crete, a lovely, fruitful land surrounded by the sea.” – Homer , Odyssey (bk. ...

“I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.” – Bob Dylan For literary Tuesda...

“It is better to rise from life as from a banquet - neither thirsty nor drunken.” - Aristotle Today is Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunci...

It’s poetry Wednesday, hosted by Sans Souci ! Here is a poem I wrote a few months ago, and of which I was reminded after observing a scene o...