The metal thing holding the leaves of my mind together

We had our first reasonably temperate day. (Sub 85 fahrenheit?) Went for a stroll among the olive groves. Walked from Apollonia to Kastro. Met a lovely Swedish woman who went to school at Linfield in McMinville, Oregon–where S lived for a time. Met an old Greek man with produce (and a v. big stick) on [...]

Mykonos = crazy party island. My brain is definitely moving like molasses in this heat… (Is there anything that slows down more the hotter it gets?) We leave tomorrow morning early for the island of Sifnos. Don’t know why, but I got a bee in my bonnet about going there. Apparently, it’s pretty tiny. But [...]

Strolled along the beach tonight at sunset. The water’s so very very warm. Poked around in the Kastro–the castle fortifications at the center of town–and S bought lots of little souvenirs. I bought a tiny metal owl for myself. I’d ruminate on the mythological whatzits of it, but my mind is full of sun. And [...]

Well, after a day of tramping around some of my old haunts, we’re off to Greece in a few hours. Yesterday, we went to the British Library, the British Museum and Hyde Park (among others). After 12 hours of traipsing about, we were pretty tired.