Ephemeron, ephemeral, ephemerality

“Ephemeron” refers to an object of a transitory or impermanent nature. “Ephemeral”: beginning and ending in a day. “Ephemerality”: the

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Ephemeron, ephemeral, ephemerality

“Ephemeron” refers to an object of a transitory or impermanent nature. “Ephemeral”: beginning and ending in a day. “Ephemerality”: the

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Restaurant “Thalassa mou”, Alyki, Paros, Greece

During a short visit to Paros, I visited a restaurant for the first time. It is a restaurant by the

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Greece’s Golden Dawn: Better late than never?

In February 27th 2013, in a post on Golden Dawn’s proselytizing children, I wrote: “Why New Democracy, PASOK, Democratic Left

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Restaurant zur Esche, Waldhotel Ehrenbach, Black Forest, Germany

This review is long overdue. But better late than never. During an Autumn visit to the Black Forest in Germany

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1001 Ways to Die (12) – Alvaro Mutis Jaramillo, Colombian, Writer and Poet

Alvaro Mutis Jaramillo, one of my absolute favorite writers of all times, died on Sunday 22 September 2013 in Mexico City,

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Action against “Evil Acts”

“In the world in which we find ourselves, the possibilities of good are almost limitless, and the possibilities of evil

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Action against “Evil Acts”

“In the world in which we find ourselves, the possibilities of good are almost limitless, and the possibilities of evil

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Given the existence …..of a personal God…. tennis … the stones … so calm … Cunard … unfinished . . .

Introduction Dermot Moran believes that “Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906–89) is the most philosophical of twentieth-century writers.” His characters exult in endless, pointless,

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Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski) revisited

Parenthesis: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a Balthus Exhibition “Cats and Girls“(September 25, 2013–January 12, 2014). 

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