Let's welcome the month of June, which is the first month of this summer! This month has many names, mainly in the rural areas of Greece, related to June. It is called "the reaper" because farmers reap their fields as they...
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Lenio's cooking.
Nikitas, a young man about two meters tall, handsome, with green eyes and black hair, was the pride of his mother. "Douglas" was what his friends called him. Only Nikitas was taller and more handsome than Kirk Douglas of his golden age...
Out of love...
The sky was heavy and gloomy, still in the whirlwind of the merciless wind, a small bird fell from the warm nest that was located in the bushy olive tree of a busy street. Dazed and confused, it suddenly collapsed on the edge of the sidewalk. Without wings...
The Lost King (Allegory)
About Alzheimer's disease A venerable and wise old woman many years ago said to me: "My child, let us not lose the King" and she pointed to the point of the mind with her index finger.. Once upon a time, there lived a great King in a splendid palace that resembled his...
February
February comes from the "veins" the underground waters that gush in its own time from the many rains. Originally February was the twelfth and last month of the Roman calendar. January and February did not exist in the past. The first...
In the microport
It's lonely mother, tonight the sky may be late for me to come back.. don't worry next to the sea in your arms I'll walk until late when it's getting quieter.. I calm down, in the evenings at the sea its reflective smooth shiny mantle I forget my worries.. The light of her...
Thanks to Businessrise Publishing House of K. Ioannas Lazarou.
Looking back at the year that is about to leave us, I am surprised to see how much joy it has given me! And I won't hide from you that these are some of my favorite fairy tales that had the opportunity to be translated into English by her publishing house...
Lina's Christmas
Lina, a sensitive girl, every time Christmas came as the schools closed for the holiday break, she was flooded with the most beautiful feelings! She loved the various ornaments that people decorated their trees with so much that...
Child..
Don't wake me up.. let me "sleep" let me dream like a child. Don't wake me up, do you hear me? I don't want to face the Dawn scared.. I don't want to be "Big". I grew up, and yet I ask for the "little" child in me. Don't wake me up anymore, I'm tired of the parties, leave it to you.. .
You are right my child...
Turn on the light on the veranda my child!_But we are about to sleep mom!_Turn it on, I feel the day getting longer with the light! ___Why did it get dark - again? How quickly it gets dark! the grandmother whispers. I should take my pills for the night..._I have to mom, the daughter answers her...
Silently
In your moons, I have never walked, I do not know the caresses of your sun, nor the rosy sunsets, the shores, I have betrayed myself there to leave marks.
Healer of the time
50s - 60s The story is very true. Mr. Lefteris, a resident of a village in Northern Greece, was a simple man. Throughout his years, Boskos struggled - like everyone else - with the difficulties of those times for the survival of everyday life. Many...
Flies
Did the sky dry up tonight when you ask for some? Stretch out your hands cleanly without anger and don't think that infinity is a fraud Look at the eagles how freely they fly above the clouds, don't wonder at the cares of people that weigh you down...
Initiatives
Ever since I was little, I have loved autumn rain. Either I'm on the street with an umbrella and hear the beats of the raindrops or I'm at home observing it from my window glass. I could see the puddles filled with water...
Alone
Alone in her own loom, life finds her weaving words in moons and suns, alone in the nights counting the stars and pains not counting a thousand. She fights the uphill climb of life without a murmur coming out of her lips alone, even if there are many around her...
Don't change it grandma
My grandson, it is true that he has a weakness for me. Not that the other grandchildren don't love grandma, but he finds his own way of expressing his feelings and surprises me every now and then. After thinking many times and talking with him, I honestly stay...
The sad princess
There once lived in far away places a princess who did not exist like her, she was very beautiful and famous but they envied her for the wealth she had. He had gold, jewels, ornaments that he kept for years guarded and in a beautiful and blue sea...
The treasure of Panagia
Fifteenth of August. Many years ago, the mother with her two daughters wanted to go up to the monastery of Panagia of Eikosifonissa. She had promised her grace for some time, and this year she wanted to fulfill it. Her husband was no longer following her...
At my place
We in this place, my eyes, are not of the swamp. We were born in a blessed land that has land and sea. In these Holy lands we grew up, learning about our heroes, who were brave, we grew up together with artists, poets. In this...
Grandma's seeds
The grandmother of Pontus, my grandmother, was a woman with fists and courage throughout her life. Coming with a thousand and two hardships from a village of Orddus that was on the shores of the Black Sea, she ended up in a village in Northern Greece without knowing the...
The treasure of Panagia
Contozygoni Fifteenth of August. Many years ago the mother with her two daughters wished to go up to the monastery of Panagia of Eikosifonissa. She had been hoping for it for some time, and this year she wanted to fulfill it. Her husband did not...
The golden cannula
But I'm not ashamed that I worked from a young age to lighten the burden of my parents I didn't grow up big and tall to win the prizes of the whole world I didn't become an orator, a philosopher or a judge or a lawyer to buy in courtrooms I didn't become a doctor,...
Conversation with the night
Tonight, when I talk to you, don't forget my question, because sometimes you are silent until death, what do you have to answer me? Where were you on the day the sun shone why are you eternally broken? just for once, give me an explanation as to how you can be...
Where should I travel?
Where can I find a January with the rich gifts it brings to the children every time it comes? And when the snowman sends him snowflakes, does he scatter them everywhere and dance with them? And a February peacock that heralds the fragrance of summer? A March to hear...
Only half way…
In the middle of the street. An endless road for an elderly grandmother as she trudged her way to the supermarket. One step, five suspensions and let's start all over again. The market in her neighborhood was relatively close, but it seemed far,...
If a few years ago someone told me...
If someone had told me a few years ago that my writing could spread its wings to travel beyond the borders of our Greece, I might have hesitated to believe it. But deep down, this was a secret dream of mine as well as a desire , not only mine...
In the inn of the night
Darkness everywhere.. Desert in the great mountains of Pindus and the road uphill with sharp bends that take your breath away.. The ever-growing shadows of the trees as if they want to spread fear and panic on this unknown road makes the journey us...
The smell of mint
And spring is coming! And I walk through the corridors of the garden. I see from afar the vine that has started to bloom but.. I stop at the planted mint. I don't go forward, there I lean my head, in the musk-scented leaves to caress the new sprouts that rise...
The schooner creaks…
The patient to the doctor. Chronic problem with her health. Doctor and patient have known each other for over 40 years. The doctor welcomes Mrs. Efpraxia and asks her:_What's going on?_What's going to happen, doctor.. the known.. I didn't smoke cigarettes, you know, I didn't drink drinks, coffee, but the...
Spring bird
Come on, you bird that soars the big ones, I'll open the window for you, come into the hall! _I'm coming as you want me, madam, but tell me where I'll stay? you have neither branches nor a nest in it for me to lean on.. _I'm giving you seeds and bread, water to quench your thirst, I'll make you...
Resurrection with light
Before the Resurrection, the Crucifixion precedes the desecration which is the last act of humiliation of Jesus Christ. This Resurrection which leads to light to this day and dispels our darkness and will continue to inspire us with the sacrifice of Christ on his Cross...
Acacia flowers
Sunny day, full of light with the sun shimmering until the evening hours and caressing with its rays every spring grass and flower! Unexpectedly as it happens in dreams, I found myself on a slope looking at the vast fields ...
Flag!
The competition is big in the sixth grade of the Dim. school that my little granddaughter is finishing this year! For quite some time now, Asi has always been consistent in her school lessons. It is not only the respect for the teachers of her school and her classes,...
Friendship
Difficult subject... in this day and age, people are lucky to have true friends in their lives. The term friendship unfortunately has to do with many different concepts. There are friendships that last a lifetime and also friendships that last...
Subtraction…
And the time comes when you love abstraction.. You remove the many words.. You remove the imaginative clothes.. The tiring trips.. You are not moved by crowded gatherings. And you stick to the little things.. the simple things.. Those that rest the mind and body. You finally recognize that life...
The father's house
So I made the decision to unlock my memories for a while, from the chest of my heart, mind and emotions. It's been a while since I visited my father's house. The one I was born and raised in years ago.. Slowly _slowly I'm going down the broads...
Family
The institution of the family, where all its members used to live happily enjoying a healthy and moral environment, is today being deconstructed. The traditional type of family is being shaken, which creates great concern for those who belong to older...
The inspiration of the night
Every night, I have in mind what I will write on the paper. The neighbor who often gets up from his bed for the nocturnal bowel movements of the urinary system, looks at the light burning in my house. The next day he asks me. _You had another all-nighter tonight...
Desires
I have a desire To build a ladder To climb on the roof of my house above and turn my gaze down.. To see.. How God looks at me. To see how he looks at me at night when I travel with dreams, how he looks at me during the day as I open the windows. How am I talking about how...
Our wishes!
And this year we all waited with our eyes fixed on the hands of the clocks, the last few minutes to welcome the promising first year. At the threshold of the last moments, the previous year handed over the keys to the new hoping that the new...
My Fairy
Are there fairies today? Do they only live in fairy tales? No, they don't live only in fairy tales, they live among us and even not in the water! They step on the Earth bathed by the clear water of the sky and shine as the sun illuminates them to spread their shine on...
Christmas
And this year we are waiting with longing for the most beautiful celebration of Christianity, to celebrate the coming of Christ to our Earth. Myriads of colorful lights these days with the most beautiful decorations in the shop windows, the big avenues, the...
Happy people
Every person uses different ways in their daily life to become happy. He never stops looking for ways to improve himself first without worrying about what others think of him. He is always friendly and...
We hear:
"Don't sit on the couch anymore! Get up! Get out! Shout! Resist, don't be apathetic to what's coming! Don't stand idly by what others are preparing for you." This is what we have been hearing lately as an exhortation, as many consider guilty those who either...
Freedom
We are all entitled to the priceless good of human freedom. Freedom is the power and right to act, speak or think as you wish. Many times it has a different meaning for each of us, but one thing remains the same.. Our ability to...
As long as.. I breathe..
I love you even when you don't even think about me. And you know why; Because we breathe the same oxygen on this planet! From what the flowers breathe in the vast plains or in distant crypts! From what the water lilies bloom and light up the...
Freedom
We are all entitled to the priceless good of human freedom. Freedom is the power and right to act, speak or think as you wish. Many times, it has a different meaning for each of us, but one thing remains the same. Our ability to...
Logic weaves threads
Logic knits threads, stretches them, collects them, it's her own strategy, she doesn't want to make mistakes, she weaves a lot of fabrics, sells and buys them at the loom, in her nights she takes them out twice, she doesn't miss a single thread, colors as many as...
Trapped
There are some people who live "trapped" but God gave them ways out, to travel with their writing. To escape from their everyday life.. There are some people who endure because of circumstances and cannot change them.. No because they don't...
About bullying
57 years ago... The primary school classroom in complete silence. All focused on the teacher. Not a trace of noise is heard.. Grammar lesson. A very important lesson, for our Greek language and the preparation of a girl, minimal. Her notebook...
Where there are fields
In far away places, where there are fields and people cultivate them, the soil of the fields for many_many years has been tired. They were constantly plowing it, planting it, without letting it rest even for a moment. Every now and then he was forced to accept...
Theater of absurdity and lies
The lady and her husband, after an appointment, are waiting to be (executed) or protected from the dangerous virus in the hospital lounge. The place is civilized and quiet, not even the slightest noise is heard. The lady wonders... Am I in a luxury clinic and...
Traveling by boat
Traveling by boat without knowing the captain and having my mind only on the destination, I long to see the small harbors of the islands of my country and the few ships sailing alongside them. I long for those little churches with the blue domes that are bathed by...
The child within us
Childhood has been recognized in our time as the most important period of human life. Many times, they tell me not to think the way I do, that I've grown up now and I have to look at what's happening around me with a different eye. And I wonder.. In what...
The tree
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful and large tree, which had many many branches, with beautiful leaves with delicious fruits and embraced the whole earth. He invited many different birds to sit on his branches, to feed, to cool off and depending on the voice they had, to...
August
I count the days August you come every year because your days are good and you take every pain. Many are your virtues, many of your poets wrote about many of your beauties. The sun is bright and the nights are bright and...
The dragon who loved fires
Once upon a time there lived a dragon, not terrible, but good-natured. Difficult and unusual for dragons, but this particular one was not scary, it lived quietly in its lairs without causing terror and panic, like the other dragons. He had one wish, he loved flames very much,...
Betrayal
Hours_hours I feel that this land, the soil I walked on, the breaths I took in my own country do not belong to me.. And while we hear again that it will be shared for the sake of some, I grieve and wonder.. Where are the men of this country of the blessed? Where is...
July
Yes, July has arrived, it's been a while since we've seen him with the hot days, let's cool off? In the cool seas on beautiful beaches far from the cities the hot ones that burn like braziers. And in the waters all day we go, young and old, we do...
The childish complaint
At home, when they yell at me, they call me nervous, crooked wood, they call me you're mean. When there is a disturbance, they deal with me from the beginning and push me away and talk without knowing what they are asking for. Why on earth do I have to suffer so much? why...
Shall we say it one more time grandma?
And while the years have passed as quickly as the water that runs by our house, my grandson visits us often. He is quite grown up and likes his grandparents' house. After all, what child doesn't like going to the house of...
Because… you were born Human!
Many times I even despise human relationships. Everything is ultimately aimed at personal interest. Whether the system is political, religious or social. Friendship is also tested in time... Rarely will you find an honest relationship. A selfless relationship...
Canvass
Again new promises... Again new will..... Again for new fish, set bow. In deep, murky, uncharted waters. Wherever it takes you. Water everywhere. And all in the mud. Many times the lumps are visible and cause disgust. And the slimy predators, in the play...
From Evangelia Aretoglidou Folia
In this meeting of culture of truth and values, which in my opinion is so special and special, I want to congratulate once again Mrs. Ioanna Lazarou, for her newspaper which she publishes in the distant Florida of America and Canada, as well as the unique radio. ..
Years with light of the Risen Son of God!
These coming Holy days remind once again of the Redeemer's sacrificial offering. However, it precedes the uphill road with the load of the Cross at the exact point. Where it was appointed before the end of the world. May God incarnate be crucified for the...
Wave
Wave that concealed your passion. You show your white mane, when the winds chase you furiously. You run fast. You are looking for the beach. You want to dance with her She follows your sound which upsets her. You dance with her and she wraps herself in the asymmetrical white...
Christmas
Let me be a little angel singing in the supremely calm night, Saint where You were born The straw so little I can warm You or the baby in the manger we are drenched in myrrh. The ray from your star may lead the magicians to Smyrna gold and frankincense I may bestow upon you. Christ...
After reading the book "For You Who Left Early"
After reading the book of my excellent writer friend Mrs. Ioanna Lazarou (For you who left early) I want to say a big THANK YOU to its creator. A book that captivates the reader from its very first pages and through a true story that...
April bells
Among them the dried April bells! Leaning, they look at the earth like the ripe wheat in the distant fields. The white daisies of the field early hid their pale petals and disappeared. Their aged roots still endure. The good weather...
Ioanna Lazarou – Performs invaluable work
The offer and generosity of Mrs. Ioanna Lazarou, as the manager of the newspaper in the distant Florida of America, undoubtedly makes her unique, as she performs a work of inestimable value! Values that tend to be annihilated in the difficult times we are going through, as...
After midnight, late
The neighborhood cafe still open. Few patrons are left. They are late to return to their homes. They are the people of toil and day labor. Difficult years, poor but pure. Exchanging men's talks, they forget the tiredness of the day with a little...
Child memories of my village
From the top floor of my grandfather's house, every morning I would go out onto the small wooden balcony. There I would take in the most beautiful images, which unconsciously imprinted themselves on my being. Just like that, without seeking it. I wanted to gaze at the golden yellow fields in the vast plain....
My nights
But why are you staying so late? Why do not you sleep .. What are you doing .. What can I say to the neighbor who lives downstairs in the last houses. That then when everyone around me is quiet I read, I meditate I pray? He will look at me strangely again. Happy birthday with this loneliness of the night ...










































































