March Madness is nearly upon us, dear readers. No, I’m not referring to the NCAA basketball tournament, though I will try to…
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Hello readers, This week I welcome friend and fellow Greek-American writer Steve Karas. A Chicago native, Karas is the author of the stellar short...
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Chocolate City by the Bay Often coined with this term, the Oakland, California of my childhood in the 1980’s was–like Detroit, Atlanta,…
”You must plunge beneath your crowded thoughts and calmly contemplate the higher realities with pure, focused attention. If you do this, a...
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Happy New Year! Kalee Chronia! After two weeks of holiday celebration, work begins anew with the first blog post of 2016. In…
This past Friday I finished a first draft of the latest short story for my collection-in-progress, and wrapped work at my day…
Imagine, if you will, a baby crawling up a mountainous flight of steps, one little knee at a time, slapping the surface…
Circa 1984. As the story goes, my yiayia arrived to pick me up from pre-school one afternoon and I paused in my…
”“In ancient Greek, gratitude was expressed in terms of praising. When Greeks wanted to say ‘thank you,’ they said: ‘That is excellent,...
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People Change. Greeks don’t. That’s one of the statements flashing across the screen in oh-so-appropriate blue letters across a white background during…