I’m sitting here boiling some organic greens (“Chorta”) from my parents garden. My heritage is Greek, specifically from Crete and the food that I grew up on here in Australia has been from that part of Greece. So lots of greens (organic, no pesticides), olive oil, fruits, pulses and meats. Today my mum gave me […]
Bringing a bit of Crete Home
This afternoon I went outside where the tradesmen yesterday dug out some dirt in preparation for concreting being poured on Saturday. The dirt in our area is fairly sandy and nutrient. With the rain, there’s a lot of leaves and worms in it so rather than buy it for my pots, I decided to scoop […]
Living Overseas Is Now an Option
Yesterday after six months of going back and forth with Greece, we finally organised to have the paperwork submitted to the Greek National Land Registry Office. The Greek government has recently urged people who have any land to register it formally through the Cadastre. If you don’t do this, the government will seize the land. […]
Day 3 – Creative Challenge
I’m doing Meredith Lewis December Advent Creative Calendar challenge. Today’s creative prompt is: “Well, I would put a question to you. What’s the difference between you and your great-great-great-grandfather? What makes you different? I think the answer is this: what you take for granted.” – David Mitchell in Light the dark: Writers on creativity, inspiration, and the artistic […]
This Month’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning March 2018
Here is this month’s snap stories of personal learning for March 2018. Every week and every month, I like to review these videos to see what I have been doing every day and it’s a great way to capture all my work and learning – and also to see my progress towards my goals. I […]