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Σχέδια που εγκαταλείπουμε, αποφάσεις που φοβηθήκαμε να πάρουμεπροσδοκίες των άλλων από μας που τις τροφοδοτήσαμεκι ας ξέραμε τι επικίνδυνο ήταν. Δικές μας απαιτήσεις απ' τους άλλους,ενώ μαντεύαμε κι εκείνων τη μικρότητα, και τη δική μας υστεροβουλία.Άνθρωποι που συναντήσαμε μια νύχτα, μα που το βλέμμα τους όρισε πια για πάντα τη ζωή μας. Λόγια που τα... Continue Reading →

Scientific Pioneer June Almeida is Finally Being Acknowledged For Virology Breakthroughs She Made a Half Century Ago.

She discovered coronaviruses decades ago—but got little recognition Scientist June Almeida operates an electron microscope in 1963 at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, Canada. One year later, Almeida would become the first person to see a coronavirus using microscope techniques she developed. WHEN JUNE ALMEIDA peered into her electron microscope in 1964, she saw a... Continue Reading →

The Greek Easter Translated

The Bluffer’s Guide to Pascha: Greek Easter Translated Pass yourself off as a local at Easter by learning the key customs, traditional dishes and how to say them all. Where the technicolor, somewhat debauched Carnival ends, the 40-day religious fast, or nisteia begins. When strictly observed, the basically vegan diet forbids the consumption of olive oil on Wednesdays and Fridays... Continue Reading →

Μ’ έναν τρόπο, όμως, περιορισμένο και μυστικό…

Διαβάζω ξανά από τον αγαπημένο μου Leo Busckaglia, το εξής απόσπασμα από τον Leo Rosten: Μ’ έναν τρόπο, όμως, περιορισμένο και μυστικό, όλοι μας είμαστε λίγο τρελοί… Όλοι μας είμαστε μοναχικοί στο βάθος και ζητάμε να μας καταλάβουν. Ποτέ, όμως, δεν μπορούμε να καταλάβουμε απόλυτα τον άλλον και ο καθένας μας μένει κατά ένα μέρος... Continue Reading →

Spring in a Pandemic: Mary Shelley on What Makes Life Worth Living and Nature’s Beauty as a Lifeline to Regaining Sanity

“There is but one solution to the intricate riddle of life; to improve ourselves, and contribute to the happiness of others.” Half a century before Walt Whitman considered what makes life worth living when a paralytic stroke boughed him to the ground of being, Mary Shelley (August 30, 1797–February 1, 1851) placed that question at the beating heart of The... Continue Reading →

Museum Lives In Post-Pandemia

The coronavirus pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the museum landscape. As expected, most institutions turned to social media but should museums think differently when trying to bridge a physical and virtual reality? This webinar shall explore the ways and means how institutions can sustain relevance over time even when circumstances dictate closure. It shall... Continue Reading →

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry…

Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face!Clouds of the west — sun there half an hour high — I see you also face to face. Crowds of men and women attired in the usual costumes, how curious you are to me!On the ferry-boats the hundreds and hundreds that cross, returning home, are more... Continue Reading →

Anne Lamott’s Wondrous Letter to Children About Books as Antidotes to Isolation, Portals to Perspective, and Crucibles of Self-Discovery

“Books and stories are medicine, plaster casts for broken lives and hearts, slings for weakened spirits.” Books awaken us into living from the slumber of near-life. Books are lifelines of survival in inhumane times, building blocks of conscientious citizenship, reliquaries of the human spirit. What we read shapes not only what we become, but how we become. That is... Continue Reading →

Κοτοπούλη & Δραγούμης

«Κάθε φορά που πλάγιαζα μαζί του, ένιωθα ότι πλάγιαζα με τον Ερμή». Η θυελλώδης σχέση του Ίωνα Δραγούμη με τη Μαρίκα Κοτοπούλη και η αφοσίωσή του στη «Μεγάλη Ιδέα» Στις 2 Σεπτεμβρίου 1878 ο Ίων Δραγούμης γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα. Ήταν γόνος σημαντικής οικογένειας, καθώς ο πατέρας του είχε διατελέσει πρωθυπουργός και οι συγγενείς του εργάστηκαν στο... Continue Reading →

“On Giving” Kahlil Gibran…

Then said a rich man, Speak to us of Giving. And he answered: You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow? And tomorrow, what... Continue Reading →

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