Category Archives: family

>The dining table of life

Posted on June 10, 2010 by

> As someone who lives abroad, I always dread phone calls from Cyprus announcing losses of loved ones. It’s the fate of the voluntarily (or involuntarily) displaced. They always tell you that [insert name of loved one here] is in … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, Cyprus, family, food, life, mediterranean, mediterranean food, Memoirs, stories, youth | 6 Comments

>Πηλά τζιαι ρόφκια (μέρος Β’)

Posted on March 3, 2010 by

> (συνέχεια από το Α’) Άμαν τζιαι εφκήκεν ο ήλιος για τα καλά, τζιαι η φύση γυρόν τους ήταν πιον όξυπνη, εσηκωστήκαν σιγά-σιγά τζιαι εμπήκαν πιο μέσα στο περβόλιν. Ερέξαν που μες τα δεντρά ως την άλλην άκραν του περβολιού, … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, childhood, Cyprus, family, hunting, πουλιά, Κύπρος, αμπελοπούλια, βερκά, ξόβεργα, lime sticks, nostalgia, olive trees, olives, stories, youth | 3 Comments

>Πηλά τζιαι Ρόφκια

Posted on February 2, 2010 by

> (Translation of mud and pomegranates part I) Ο Αγγελής επετάχτηκεν που την καρκόλα άξιππα, σάννα τζιαι θώρεν όρομαν. Εκοίταξεν το ξυπνητήριν. Η ώρα εν ήταν ακόμα τρεισήμισυ το πρωί. Το ξυπνητήριν ήταν να παίξει η ώρα τέσσερις αλλά που … Continue reading →

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>Voyagers Triumphant

Posted on December 4, 2008 by

> After the war my family lived in Ayia Phyla, just north of Limassol, until things back home on the east coast settled down. Or, to put it differently, people fled for fear of the Turkish army, and kind of … Continue reading →

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