Cross Country Chronicles

Mediterranean cyclones are called Medicanes from the words Mediterranean and Hurricanes.  They usually form in the sea between Spain, Sa...

On July 23, 2018 three fires erupted near Athens with the one at the coastal resort town of Mati being catastrophic.  In the picture the ...

Selene in Greek mythology  ( in Greek  Σελήνη ) is the goddess of the moon.  T he etymology of  Selene  is likely connected to the word ...

At seven in the morning we reached Hannibal, Missouri, where my boyhood was spent. I had had a glimpse of it fifteen years ago, and ano...

Long ago I   was in Cincinnati, and I set to map out a new career. I had been reading about the recent exploration of the river Amazon b...

The bay of Porto Rafti ( Λιμην Μεσογαιας )  was a major port in Ancient Greece. The villages of Steiria, Prasiai, and Koroni were around...

The Earth is a very small dot in a vast cosmos.  Think of the rivers of blood spilled by generals and emperors so that, in tr...