Making magic at Alonia...

 ...no breaks, flowing music only, 

deep roots and presence,

intense listening,

many staying on, all through the night...

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Just before the evening light...

 ...fresh shirts and combed hair,

just after an afternoon nap. 

Time for watering plants

and warming up the chair for mezé and talks, 

well into the dark of the night...

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The Environmentalist...

...meets me any time of the day when I pass through the alley above.

I have known Ingnátio for many years,

same man, same kindness,

and the ability to just be simplicity itself, 

now when becoming less young,

through who he is or through his mezé or atmosphere around him, 

always an exchanged smile and a handshake when passing by...

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One of those bewitched squares...

...all over Greece, an oasis for all,

under the roof  of a platano tree,

it´s trunk and branches whispering

of all truths and lies and secrets 

that have been uttered here,

by generations of folks...

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Feeling present...

...impossible not to be, at Xristi Akti. 

It goes under my skin, the silence,

the water, the wind, the light. 

A meeting with myself, in close contact...

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Euphoria...

.... to dive into Jugend architecture,

and the polarities of environment in life.

Greece with it's simplicity

and Saarinen's world of Art Nouveau, 

both such aesthetic experiences...

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Midnite light...

...same planet, shining differently, north and south,

sharing wine and songs in pastoral summer land,

daylight and just before midnite pleasures...

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