SURVIVING THE 8OS

Somewhere in the 80s: “Monkeys”/Μαϊμούδες

I was only 12 but I quickly realized that the famous “one…

1985

Recruiting my sister and my mom’s best friend’s two sons to the P.A.G (Party Against Grownups)…

1984

“Be prepared,” they said “The greatest gift is coming.” I was pedaling fast on my brand new tricycle around the little porch that surrounded our…

Somewhere in the 80s: The Kiosk, Το Ψιλικατζίδικο

My uncle Mimi and his wife had a kiosk. Kiosks at…

1983

“The train is the safest way to go,” my grandpa used to say. Maybe that’s why he chose to die…

1989

I was with two friends in the garden when one of them had an epiphany: “My mum is not at home…

Somewhere in the 80s: The Cassette Recorder/ To Κασετοφωνάκι

“Unhappiness passes with time but misery is incurable,”…

1991

At that time I like most of my classmates, I was wearing imitation brands. I shyly tried to hide…

1990

I read the book frantically. I used a flashlight and read all through the night under my blankets…