A Poem About Dancing with Death — Crouching in the field of brilliant yellow calendula He faces away from the sun That glances across his handsome face He was my lover once We have just walked on the mountain, through the forest I gathered tiny wildflowers To bring home to press in my journal He posed for…

A short story about a heart freed from grief. Ruby nudged the edge of the creamy coloured stone with her big toe as the warm salty water crested gently over her sun browned foot. Bending over, she pried the stone from the sand and bounced it in her hand to feel its weight. She was always fascinated by the…

Health Heroes of the MED Diet and What that Means to You. — Guest Writer: Nick Sakellaropoulos Chemical Engineer M.Sc. Production Manager Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms The Mediterranean Diet, followed in Greece for centuries, is a modern object of study and analysis. Its main ingredients are olive oil and table olives. It is now characterized as a diet with an extremely positive effect on…

Here are your most Frequently Asked Questions answered. — What is High Phenolic Olive Oil? High phenolic extra virgin olive oil is a distinct category of olive oil identified by the EU Health Claim 432–2012 as having polyphenols over 250 mg/kg, shown to offer health benefits if taken on a daily basis. The claim was registered after a ten year study overseen by Dr. Maria…

Who do you believe when it comes to High Phenolic EVOO? — This question isn’t funny, but I’m going to tell you a joke anyway. It’s a “dad” joke: You know, there is no such thing as vampires… unless you count Dracula. I wouldn’t go so far as to say there are vampires in the olive oil industry, but I do say…

How to reclaim who you truly are from who “they” think you should be. — Many years ago, after listening to futurist Kevin Kelly speak of The Next Ten Thousand Days of the Internet I spun into a consciousness trajectory. I devoted a chapter to it in my book Exhilarated Life: Discovering Inner Happiness. (Let the Bells Ring Out — I Get It! …

How will you mark this night, as you face the infinite of space? It‘s afternoon here in London. One after another, planes are making their noisy descent over the housetops of Fulham into Heathrow. It’s Christmastime, but tonight we enter the longest night. The winter solstice. …

Poem for November by the Sea on the Island of Aegina — The tourists are gone. The chipped painted chairs are stacked to the ceiling inside. The island is quiet. Shutters are closed. Athens is once again busy. The autumn wind is teasing the terrace curtains to play. Waves splash on rocks and call out in sparkling crystal cascades. Coy at…

On this particular November 11, 2022, I choose peace. And you? — It’s a lovely morning. Sunny and breezy. A bit cool. I am sitting in the garden with Athan and Stephen. They are discussing music. Mikis Theodorakis. I am journaling and note that it’s November 11th. Remembrance Day. Veteran’s Day. Lest we forget. Athan is talking about one of Theodorakis’ conducted pieces that describes the Greek resistance fighters walking side by…