11.10.12

Corfu Blues: Identity, Acceptance and Belonging

Corfu Blues: Identity, Acceptance and Belonging: I may have been coming to Corfu for 45 years, but I've never considered myself (or been considered) a Mandoukiotis  in recent years (for ins...

29.5.12

Corfu Blues: Ancient Vitsa in the Archaeological Museum of Ioan...

Corfu Blues: Ancient Vitsa in the Archaeological Museum of Ioan...: Yesterday I spent a very productive few hours at the Archaeological Museum of Ioannina, looking closely at the finds from Ancient Vitsa and ...

Corfu Blues: Gathering Olives, Boissonas

Corfu Blues: Gathering Olives, Boissonas: Look again: it could be Corfu, but it's Crete (Preveli, 1911). Can one tell from the women's clothing?

Corfu Blues: The Fall of Constantinople, 1453

Corfu Blues: The Fall of Constantinople, 1453: Today marks the anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 (Julian calendar). By coincidence I happen to be reading Steven Runcima...

Corfu Blues: Archaeological Museum of Ioannina, More Finds- and...

Corfu Blues: Archaeological Museum of Ioannina, More Finds- and...: (Above) Bronze idol from Dodoni, armed infantry soldier (Above) Daggers from Ancient Vitsa Finds from the 'Nekromanteion' (evidence of...

14.5.12

Corfu Blues: Mother Greece (Mana Mou Ellas): A Song for Our Tim...

Corfu Blues: Mother Greece (Mana Mou Ellas): A Song for Our Tim...: Lyrics, Nikos Gatsos; Music, Stavros Xarhakos; Singer Nikos Dimitratos. Watch and  Listen carefully to the words...about the 'big lies tak...

24.1.12

Christmas Quilt Scene



Zagori, Corfu, London, Stockholm

Swedish Impressions



Busy quilt with porcelain figures



A touch of Amish



Log Cabin in North London





Alex from Ecuador preparing exhibition in Zagori




Not Heartless




Anna Zervopoulou from The Corfu Quilters









In the shadow of the Amish






Maria's log cabin in the Zagori Exhibition





Maria's Japanese Quilt in the Zagori Exhibition






Two members of The Corfu Quilters





Quilting Exhibition in Zagori, Greece

















Alex organising our exhibition in Zagori, Greece











22.1.12

Quilting in Corfu





Each block was made by a good friend in Stockholm: nearly thirty of them.

15.1.12

War Horse

War Horse: I spent good money to have a miserable Saturday night
I'd rather spend the evening quilting

101 Poems Against War (faber&faber)

Next to the fresh grave of my beloved grandmother
The grave of my first love murdered by my brother (Ireland 1972 by Paul Durcan)