the dim pause

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:36:39 +0300

This evenings wine tasting was followed by cheese and wine on our apartment balcony - Krasotyri, the wine cheese of Kos, and a Syrah from another nearby vineyard 🧀🍷

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:17:58 +0300

Tasting eight wines at Hatziemmanouil Vineyards, Kos 🇬🇷🍷

Cultured graffiti

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:02:11 +0300

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:25:00 +0300

Finished reading: Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry 📚

Combined text and audiobook reading

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:50:51 +0300

Currently reading: List of the Lost by Morrissey (author) 📚

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:33:54 +0300

Finished reading: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 📚

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:05:27 +0300

Currently reading: The Gate of the Feral Gods: Dungeon Crawler Carl 4 by Matt Dinniman 📚

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 07:37:10 +0300

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Paul Heaton (15 plays), Morrissey (12), Stornoway (11), Radie Peat (2)

Sunset strolls

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:58:56 +0300

Ouzo evenings

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:58:09 +0300

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:42:31 +0300

Finished reading: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl 3 by Matt Dinniman 📚

Alikes Salt Lake

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:50:03 +0300

In the Agora

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:28:52 +0300

LARGER THAN LIFE-SIZE MALE FIGURE STATUE, LOCALLY KNOWN AS HIPPOCRATES

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:49:42 +0300

MOSAIC PAVEMENT FROM THE ROMAN HOUSE OF ASCLEPIUS AT SERAYIA The scene depicts the disembarkation of the god Asclepius in Kos. Hippocrates, seated left, and a standing Koan greet the god's arrival.

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:49:42 +0300

Statue of Hippocrates

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:49:42 +0300

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:34:40 +0300

Location check in — Hippocrates Plane Tree, Kos 🌳🇬🇷
🗺 Map of area

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:27:28 +0300

Finished reading: Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor 📚

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:53:21 +0300

Currently reading: Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor 📚

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:51:51 +0300

Currently reading: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl 3 by Matt Dinniman 📚

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:45:21 +0300

Finished reading: Buddha, Socrates, and Us by Stephen Batchelor 🪷📚

Very interesting. An exploration of the lives, circumstances and philosophies of Siddhartha Gautama and Socrates. Digressions into Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt and many others.

The book is subtitled Ethical Living in Uncertain Times and the concluding sections attempt to set out a modern, secular Buddhist approach to “living well”.

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:02:15 +0300

Somebody remind me - why do we need walking poles? I seem to be able to walk and hike in a perfectly acceptable fashion without them… 🚶

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:00:43 +0300

Finished reading: The Autobiography by Alastair Cook 🏏📚

Definitely one of the better modern cricket autobiographies I’ve read. (Written with the assistance of Michael Calvin)

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:04:02 +0300

Currently reading: The Autobiography by Alastair Cook 🏏📚

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:09:52 +0300

Finished reading: Carl’s doomsday scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl 2 by Matt Dinniman 📚