Comments on: Ah, Greece! http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/03/1877/ An Eclectic Journal of the Arts Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cuchulain http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/03/1877/#comment-406 Cuchulain Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:47:20 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1877#comment-406 Thanks, Catherine, for the comment. A bit of poetry from you as well. :>)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('406','Cuchulain'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('406','Cuchulain','Thanks, Catherine, for the comment. A bit of poetry from you as well. :>)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks, Catherine, for the comment. A bit of poetry from you as well. :>)
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]]> By: CAtherine Skopic http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/03/1877/#comment-405 CAtherine Skopic Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:40:27 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1877#comment-405 Observer, Velma. Thinker, Velma. Reflective, Velma. Word-lover, Velma. Transporter, Velma. Feeling, Velma. Uplifter, Velma! With Gratitude to Velma, for taking me there, taking me back, for connecting then and now! PEACE, Catherine<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('405','CAtherine Skopic'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('405','CAtherine Skopic','Observer, Velma.\nThinker, Velma.\nReflective, Velma.\nWord-lover, Velma.\nTransporter, Velma.\nFeeling, Velma.\nUplifter, Velma!\n\nWith Gratitude to Velma,\nfor taking me there,\ntaking me back,\nfor connecting then and now!\n\nPEACE, Catherine'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Observer, Velma.
Thinker, Velma.
Reflective, Velma.
Word-lover, Velma.
Transporter, Velma.
Feeling, Velma.
Uplifter, Velma!

With Gratitude to Velma,
for taking me there,
taking me back,
for connecting then and now!

PEACE, Catherine

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]]> By: Robert Mueller http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/03/1877/#comment-401 Robert Mueller Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:18:36 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1877#comment-401 And with the thalassa poluphlusboia (much-roaring sea?) in the foreground.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('401','Robert Mueller'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('401','Robert Mueller','And with the thalassa poluphlusboia (much-roaring sea?) in the foreground.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> And with the thalassa poluphlusboia (much-roaring sea?) in the foreground.
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]]> By: Velma Jean Reeb http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/03/1877/#comment-400 Velma Jean Reeb Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:53:22 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1877#comment-400 Note to Readers of "Ah, Greece!" from its author The word "sicca" (or "sika") in line one is an approximate phonetic transliteration of the Greek noun for "figs." It may be Island dialect or perhaps just a useful coinage, the better to facilitate tourist trade, not only with international tourists, but with those from the Greek mainland. On the Island of Rhodes, I was awakened early each morning by the musicality, just beyond my pension window, of a local vendor's chant: "sika...staphylia...sika...staphylia..." ("figs...grapes") Can there be a better way to begin a day of sun and sea? Ah...Greece!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('400','Velma Jean Reeb'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('400','Velma Jean Reeb','Note to Readers of "Ah, Greece!" from its author\n\nThe word "sicca" (or "sika") in line one is an approximate phonetic transliteration of the Greek noun for "figs." It may be Island dialect or perhaps just a useful coinage, the better to facilitate tourist trade, not only with international tourists, but with those from the Greek mainland. On the Island of Rhodes, I was awakened early each morning by the musicality, just beyond my pension window, of a local vendor\'s chant: "sika...staphylia...sika...staphylia..."\n("figs...grapes") Can there be a better way to begin a day of sun and sea? Ah...Greece!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Note to Readers of “Ah, Greece!” from its author

The word “sicca” (or “sika”) in line one is an approximate phonetic transliteration of the Greek noun for “figs.” It may be Island dialect or perhaps just a useful coinage, the better to facilitate tourist trade, not only with international tourists, but with those from the Greek mainland. On the Island of Rhodes, I was awakened early each morning by the musicality, just beyond my pension window, of a local vendor’s chant: “sika…staphylia…sika…staphylia…“
(“figs…grapes”) Can there be a better way to begin a day of sun and sea? Ah…Greece!

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]]> By: Octavio Andrade http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/03/1877/#comment-399 Octavio Andrade Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:10:13 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1877#comment-399 Beautiful poetic connection of the ancient and the contemporary. Congratulations Velma!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('399','Octavio Andrade'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('399','Octavio Andrade','Beautiful poetic connection of the ancient and the contemporary.\nCongratulations Velma!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Beautiful poetic connection of the ancient and the contemporary.
Congratulations Velma!
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]]> By: Robert Mueller http://www.spinozablue.com/2009/03/1877/#comment-393 Robert Mueller Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:55:58 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=1877#comment-393 Very nice! Beautiful places -- and beautiful forms. Beautiful sites -- and beautiful sight. Dry and hot and silent -- but glowing and revivifying and beautifully sought and found and discovered.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('393','Robert Mueller'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('393','Robert Mueller','Very nice! Beautiful places -- and beautiful forms. Beautiful sites -- and beautiful sight. Dry and hot and silent -- but glowing and revivifying and beautifully sought and found and discovered.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Very nice! Beautiful places — and beautiful forms. Beautiful sites — and beautiful sight. Dry and hot and silent — but glowing and revivifying and beautifully sought and found and discovered.
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