Ithaka Bound

The Playboy

I sell ice in winter
I sell fire in hell
I’m a hustler, baby
I’ll sell water to a well.
–Jay-Z

Going through my photographs…

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Roma Children

These kids were so great–happy and smiling despite their circumstances.  I’m posting a lot of photographs, just in case they should have access to the internet someday.

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Feast of the Assumption

If you’re ever in Tinos during the Assumption, this is how it works:
First, you buy a big towering candle to take up to the church with you. Buy one of the 5ft. candles for 3 Euro to make sure God sees you.

Then, you crawl on your hands and knees on a rubberized pad about a [...]

Time of the Gypsies

The Feast of the Assumption on 15 August is  a huge holiday in Greece and Italy, but I had no idea that it was a huge Roma ( Gypsy*) holiday as well.

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