Its been a wonderful and full two weeks with several exhibits opening in different places. On March 24th we had the opening of the Byzantine Ceramics Exhibit in the new cultural center of Toumba in Thessaloniki. This exhibit was in conjunction with a group of Byzantine Iconographers and so vice mayor Mr. Gakis was present …
2010 Diary week 13 The garden Pruning of olive trees was completed this week. Rather than burn the prunings I used as much as possible for fire wood and kindling and composted the remainder. We bought a new chipper and turned a mountain of olive cuttings into wonderful mulch for the garden. It is …
2010 Diary week 11 BYZANTINE CERAMICS Christine’s Byzantine Ceramics This week Christine spent many hours at the exhibition of her Byzantine ceramics and met many interesting people. On Sunday she took down her 40 pieces. During the week she received an invitation to transfer her exhibition to another location, opening on March 24. The Director …
Christine with Demetra Bakirtzi, Byzantinologist Christine with her students from Perrotis college Christine with Effie Kotopoulou 2010 Diary week 10 BYZANTINE CERAMIC EXHIBIT Christine’s Byzantine Ceramics About a month ago Christine received a phone call from a friend that there had been a cancellation at the Exhibition Hall of the Historical Center of …
2010 Diary Week 8 Gardening This has been the week of the worms. Some years ago, I attended a worm conference organized by Mary Aplehof, the Queen of Worms, bought a couple of pounds of worms and started a worm project at the American Farm School. In America worms are big business as fish bait …
Diary This has been a good week for Christine. She was invited to a one woman show in the Kentro Istorias in the center of Thessaloniki which will open Friday March 5. The exhibit is called Byzantine Ceramics: A Modern Approach. She was also invited to exhibit pieces of her work in the Vlassis Art …
A year ago Christine’s father, Bruce Lansdale, died in our house. He was the best boss I had in my working life and my greatest teacher. He is my role model for a life well lived. During his 35 years, from 1955 to 1990, as director of the American Farm School he touched countless …
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The fall has been unusually mild with plenty of rain. Now we are having a cold snap. Farmers in the area have been planting peas and spinach in recent weeks. I have been doing some planting, a thousand little things preparing for the spring, and planning. Book review This week I am posting my first …
There are two forces at work in the world today: those that turned the 20th century into humanity’s low point and those voices that are rapidly increasing in numbers that say there must be a better way to run the planet. The response that Christine and I have chosen is to adopt Abraham Lincoln’s words, …
