When I was a little girl, we moved to the countryside, far away from town. On the night the bottle came out, my ma propelled me toward the back door. “Hide in the garden.” I ran and hid among the overgrown brush. I heard ma’s cries from the place where I hid. When I no…
Here is my contribution to the weekly Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities blog. ~~ Here’s my seventh installment of doors from Chania, on the Island of Crete. I hope you enjoy! If you would like to see my previous posts from Chania, view Around Chania, Old Town Chania, More Old Town, Street Art in…
As a child, I came upon a ladder, while walking through the woods. It appeared inside a ring of light cast by the sun. I climbed until I reached the sky. The air was crisp, the sun was warm, and a gentle voice whispered, “This waits for you.” I lived for that promise until…
Here is my contribution to the weekly Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities blog. ~~ Again, this week, I’ll be featuring tiny churches, called Kandylakias in Greek, that my husband and I discovered along roadways or in inside courtyards in Chania on the island of Crete. If you would like to see last week’s…
The bigger the knot, the further you travel. I never imagined. Not until the day, deep inside the forest, I became lost. The sun set. The sounds of nighttime predators, real or imagined, whispered. Then I saw it. A knot in a nearby tree glowing faintly. I drew close, then closer, until I was once…
Here is my contribution to the weekly Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities blog. ~~ For another week, I’m featuring Chania on the Island of Crete in Greece. During our one month’s stay in Chania, we came across many tiny churches along the roads or inside courtyards. It became an obsession for my husband…
This is my contribution to the weekly Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities blog. ~~ Again, this week, I’m featuring finds from Chania on the island of Crete in Greece. As my husband and I walked around the narrow streets in Old Town and other parts around Chania, it was fun to find street…
Lilith gazed out at the reflections on the river cast by the brilliant lights from the city. A disturbance caught her eye. She squinted toward the river where a small rip in the water grew larger. Shadows emerged from inside the tear. They dipped and swirled above the waters, and the reflections blinked to darkness….
This is my contribution to the weekly Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities blog. ~~ This week’s door post is a continuation of discoveries I found in Chania, Crete in Greece. For my last post, I featured Old Town located behind the harbor of Chania. This week I have more from this charming area. …
I live behind a veil, safe inside my head. I try to disappear; shrink into the shadows, blend in with the walls. When they notice me, I smile when they hurt me and agree when I don’t. I silence their voices by listening to the one who lives with me inside my head. She is kind…
This is my contribution to the weekly Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities blog. ~~ Moving away from the Venetian Harbor in Chania (my last week’s door post), my husband and I romped around the charming narrow streets and alleyways of the historic heart of Chania called Old Town, located near the harbor and…
This is my contribution to the weekly Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities blog. ~~ In January, my husband and I traveled to Chania on the westernmost side of the Island of Crete in Greece for a one month visit. For the next several weeks, I’ll be featuring doors and other treasures we discovered…
Thoughts of a Wanderer 