Dec 16, 2017How Valentino Rossi saved a lifeThere is a man called Valentino Rossi, and he’s the reason my friend is alive. Valentino Rossi is a Moto GP rider. You probably knew that already, but I didn’t. Not until very recently. I didn’t even know these guys were called riders rather than drivers; I had to look…Gratitude8 min readGratitude8 min read
Jan 31, 2017If I’m allowed to stayFrom Divided Kingdom: how Brexit made me an immigrant I am not an immigrant tonight. Tonight, I am a resident of the United Kingdom. But tomorrow: what? I moved from Athens to London in 1996, at age 18. This September, if I’m allowed to stay, I’ll celebrate twenty years in the UK. If I’m allowed to stay. Can you…Brexit4 min readBrexit4 min read
Oct 27, 2015My last. Never. Goodbye.I’m gonna have to shake off these island ways. I’m gonna have to shed this skin and put my layers back on. This behaviour, this version of me will not survive in London. I’ll have to revert back to another, one who doesn’t smile at strangers on the street. …5 min read5 min read
Oct 13, 2015The Internet of Everything. Thoughts on a scifi reality.Do you remember the tin can telephone? Also known as “lovers’ phone”, this was the children’s toy version of an early mechanical telephony device, whereby sound is converted to vibrations and conveyed along a solid medium, to be reconverted to sound at the other end. I remember playing this game…Internet Of Things5 min readInternet Of Things5 min read
Oct 11, 2015Can an indie author turn her book into a bestseller?Ever since I self-published my first book, 100 days of solitude, I’ve been standing at a precipice, high over the world, scuffing at the edge with the toes of my shoes, and watching dust rise up and stones tumble down the slope. One, maybe two at a time. I watch…Indie Publishing4 min readIndie Publishing4 min read
Sep 1, 2015Solitude: round twoTo be truthful: solitude is not always easy. It’s not as easy as I make it sound. Even as you crave it, even as it soothes a part of your soul, that part that’s ever inundated with demands and requests and the gentle, welcome pressure of family and friends, it…Solitude2 min readSolitude2 min read
Oct 4, 2014100 days of solitude: Day 26Daphne gave up her job & life in London to spend 100 days of solitude on the remote Greek island of Sifnos, and write a book. This is day 26. Several people have suggested I have a Sifnos romance. …5 min read5 min read
Oct 3, 2014100 days of solitude: Day 1Daphne gave up her job & life in London to spend 100 days of solitude on the remote Greek island of Sifnos, and write a book. This is day 1. Today, I am alone. I woke up alone this morning. All the rooms that had recently contained sleeping people, people…4 min read4 min read
