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Heraklion, October 2024 — Arrivals & Passages

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October 22, 2024 We’re now in Heraklion – the capital city of Crete. People from the Continent of Africa have been arriving here for millennia. They still are. Moustafa smiled broadly when I told him that Bill and I were going to Crete. He is a young man from Egypt we met in Santorini, who…

Mykonos, October 2024 — Quantity Over Quality

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October 9, 2024 There are five massive cruise ships in the harbor today, with literally thousands of passengers. They, along with numerous yachts, catamarans, speed boats and transport vehicles create the shapes and color of the landscape. Long white rectangles sit against brown mountain ranges, separated by ribbons of deep blue. This forms our horizon. Black smoke belches upwards, and then…

Amsterdam, October 2024 — Becoming

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October 4, 2024 Looking out of windows offers only one perspective. Actual experience in the world offers so much more. Kandinsky, Outsider Art, The Museum of the Mind, and the unexpected warmth of this sunny day catapults Amsterdam to the top of my list of favorite cities. Crushing tourism, immigration and the lack of affordable housing continue to be the popular lament…