Why do people always pronounce assumptions as if they were a fact? Let me start at the beginning. For an unknown and unspecified reason, I have woke up this morning around 5 am. I have been ill for the

I remember childhood. I did not have dreams of becoming someone - nor aspirations of being an astronaut or anything less challenging. The only thing I specifically remember was that I wanted immensely

We are but molecules of water. Particles with so much drama caused by our minds that we always seem to fail to control. Some of the problems we share, but most of it we don't. And so in this world, we

Rock face

I keep my eyes on the ground and keep them in the sky.

Dedicated to all those lost and those who are yet to come. There is a pleasure sure In being mad, which none but madmen know. John Dryden Winter had been blown out like a candle by a strike of heat. Even

Two days ago an article published on Phys.org caught my eye. The report with the title “Key factor in the development of Parkinson’s disease identified” discussed an essential discovery of researchers

Heraclitus, Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1628 (Rijksmuseum) Heraclitus, called “ the dark” one by the ancients showed us the constant and perpetual change; for no two seconds together is a thing ever same (LCL).

From Gibraltar to Tyrrhenian sea (named for an Etruscan tribe) to the Aegean in the eastern Mediterranean. Anchoring at Rhodes. All along, tasting the Mediterranean culture. Spain, southern France, Italy,

An explosion of taste and visual sensation Most of us know the haute couture from fashion where it stands as a label of transcending superior quality of design influencing our perception of esteemed fashion

"You've been smiling the entire morning," I heard today from my partner. As I thought about it later, I realised I have been dancing much more the past week, something that I have not done for

It is 1951, and Ernest Hemingway just woke up to another Cuban morning, to sit down at his table and write his brief novel, which would later gain him the Nobel Prize in Literature. Simple, straightforward

There is often this idea that if you have money in the bank, and I do mean Money all your problems will be somehow magically solved, all issues would dissipate and you would not be stressing out ever again.

Loving mothers know the feeling: no matter what your child does or how it looks or behaves, it leaves your love unchanged. Those gifted with unconditional love towards animals and nature, feel strong peace

One of the most inspiring and gorgeous creatures I have ever seen in my life was less than an inch in size, and yet it could catch the eye quickly. It was during my early dives in Crete, Greece. Here are

Gather around, esteemed Steemians. Put on the glasses of illusion and take a ride with me to the imagined world of equality. We are on Planet Earth, it is 2020, but somehow things are very different! Let's

During a hike to Dragon Lake, you get to see at least two seasons if the timing is right. The sub-alpine region in Epirus, NW Greece, might be in full-winter, but what is below looks more like autumn.

One of the best columns I recently read was Margaret Atwood's "we are double-plus unfree." In her contribution, Atwood surveys the evolution of our freedom from the old times up to the present

I remember the beginning. The energy, and excitement. I was an undergraduate student in a full class of people, not all of us were going to make it to the graduation day, but there we were, happy we made

In my post number 2 from Mediterranean (MED II), let me take you bit underwater. Posidonia Oceanica covers a significant percentage of the seafloor in the Aegean, eastern Mediterranean. Very often it hides