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Minute by minute, hour by hour, purple flakes of light find their way back into afternoon skies, stealing February dullness and giving away hints of more comfortable days to come. Of days filled with light and filled with time; time to waste listening to cicadas or magical island concerts, drinking beer and feeling happily insomniac. […]

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When it comes to romantic love, somewhere between the warm sense of belonging and the excitement of discovering a whole different other, lies the secret of many happy relationships. I know the above sentence sounds boring and cliché –but it actually isn’t; We want connection, familiarity, comfort as well as adventure, surprise, novelty; and although […]

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As it seems, astrologers recommend that the best thing to do in a period in which mercury appears to be moving backwards, is to process things of the past; re-think, re-evaluate and then plan ahead. I recently did. Not so much because I am such an astrology geek, but because being in my classic end-of-summer […]

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September is the month to feel the island’s vibe. There is a peacefulness in the way tourists and locals blend; August noises fade away along with the singing of the cicadas and we can hear the island whispering again. We can hear the rain falling on the soil releasing its earthy smell that we have […]

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I can’t believe that a year has passed since the last festival – and I can’t believe it’s been six years already that the Routes in Marpissa experiential and cultural festival turned my summers and my life upside down, bringing  joy and inspiration. I recently read that the way we perceive time has to do with fragments […]

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