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Comment on K is for Kaiki by Lisbet Nielsen

Lisbet Nielsen — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:10:56 +0000

Hej Ray.
Vi boede her ved møllen i Frangokastello hvor du har taget
billedet. Jeg har nyt meget at læse og set dine mange billeder.
Hilsen Poul og lisbet.

Hello Ray.
We stayed here at the mill in Frangokastello where you have taken your
images. I’m very new to read your blog and seen your many photos.
Greetings Paul and Lisbet.

Comment on Matala and Joni Mitchell. by derek

derek — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:50:32 +0000

Visited Matala in the early 1990s and it had a more laid back feel than Agia Ghalini, but not as much as the tiny Agios Giorgios to the west of AG – just two guys who’d been there forever [according to their visitors' book], a bar and a terrace of 4 apartments, just built. I’m sure all three are very different now, but it’ll still be new for people going for the first time. Enjoy, and stop living in the past.

Comment on The Greek Weather Forecast by Dina

Dina — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:38:13 +0000

Now I’ve seen everything!

Comment on Killer Tsunamis From an Ancient Eruption by Nadege

Nadege — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:30:28 +0000

I have been fascinated by that volcanic eruption ever since I read “Unearthing Atlantis”. Thank you for the updates.

Comment on Evans, Knossos and the Minoans – Facts and Forgeries by Janet Kroll

Janet Kroll — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:47:19 +0000

Terrific book review catch, Ray. As I said on another comment, my little group this year wants (as so many do) to see Knossos — and I guess they should. But better they should go with a skeptic’s eye. This will be required reading on the beach beforehand.

Comment on Amari Valley – Lotus Land by Janet Kroll

Janet Kroll — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:49:04 +0000

Hi Ray!
I contacted you about 2 years ago, about the Thronos place where u used to stay, and sent 2 people there … I think things have changed with that place, as well as with the valley. Since reading about the awful dam & all the changes, I now do not want to see it, I would rather have your word plctures.

I’m coming back to Crete in May 2010, only 5 days and am taking 6 people around, so can’t wander on my own… exploring Chania of COURSE, spending a day in Vamos area, & doing a DIY walk through the woods etc … t hen off to Phaestos & south, my friends will do the Matala-caves thing, but I want to see Kommos … wrap it up around Arhanes, a stop (short!) at Kommos then get a ferry.

One day I may get to Crete on my own, then I’ll try to lure u over to Chania for a coffee. I always recommend your website for readings about Crete … you write like a dream! AND you give people a better idea of Crete in WW II and its earlier struggles for freedom.

best regards —- janet kroll … janetsgreece@hotmail.com

Comment on Evans, Knossos and the Minoans – Facts and Forgeries by maria v

maria v — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:53:09 +0000

the artwork from knossos constitutes my favorite all time works of art…

Comment on Evans, Knossos and the Minoans – Facts and Forgeries by J Bar

J Bar — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:42:50 +0000

Great photos. I took a lot of photos on my visit to Knossos, a few years ago.

Comment on Matala and Joni Mitchell. by Marni

Marni — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:20:17 +0000

Hi Roger
Yes, Yoga Joe- he turns up in Joni interviews and also in the book “Some Girls”, about Carole King, Carly Simon and JM.
From my letters of that time, it seems I was there roughly at at the same time.
I’d love to hear more – how can I reach you?

Comment on Matala and Joni Mitchell. by Marni

Marni — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:09:20 +0000

Hi Rick
Thanks for alerting me to the responses on your excellent website – I had forgotten to check back in. And thanks so much for the RS interviews, and the Henry Dalitz one – I had scouted them out elsewhere but it’s good to roll them all out together.
Yes, I’m still writing the book. It has a contemporary focus as well and I’m not sure how all the Joni stuff will work with the material (basically I’m comparing my own coming of age in my twenties to my son’s generation’s ramblings, or lack thereof…).
I’ve got a stash of letters I wrote home from Matala, and I was there in February and into March, 1970. It seems as if that was around the time JM was there too – maybe we overlapped. I was going through boyfriend issues and perhaps wasn’t too alert to comings and goings…
But based on my research, and my own time there, I’ve written an affectionate faux Joni diary of her time in Matala….that’s where I think she got into the sound of the Appalachian dulcimer that runs through Blue, among other things…When it is
entirely cooked and done, you might be curious to read…
Book is scheduleld to be published in Canada in fall 2010.
Best
Marni