By definition Dream and Illusion are sisters, Grown from the same Root Thoughts Images Possibilities Yet their branches stretch in opposing direction, Turning their backs on one another A rift so deep, they will never meet For the ones so brave to bring a ladder and climb up to see the world below To delight … Continue reading The Ladder →

Dear Friends, I don't know where you are or what you're doing right now; whether you're at home with your family waiting this nightmare out, going about your daily life feeling very sure people have lost their minds for no reason, or somewhere on the vast spectrum in between. Wherever you are, here's something for … Continue reading Love is Contagious →

Putting this into as short of terms as I possibly can, here's the story: Monday night the government sent MAT police (aka special armed forces or riot police) on the ferry from Athens. Their purpose here is to stop us from protesting against the construction of another refugee camp here on Lesvos. I'll back up … Continue reading Our Lives in Lesvos →

The measurement of time is a strange thing. Standardized ways to count the days, years, minutes, seconds Mathematical. Monotonous. It's the people in our lives that allow us to see and feel the movement of time. Our children. Our parents. Our grandparents. The people we have chosen to do life with. Some chosen from the … Continue reading TimeWise →

“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” Franz Kafka God I love that quote. I have absolutely no idea what I'll be writing about here, and actually that's exactly what it will all be … Continue reading No Mercy →