Daily Archives: February 24, 2012

great gods

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Mark Rossiter

New Year’s Day: back in Thessaloniki, I opened the local bottle of red I had bought on the mountain, and drank it. Then I went out, tensing my shoulders in the sub-zero night, and found what seemed to be the … Continue reading →

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Falling Off The Edge

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Mark Rossiter

A book by Alex Perry, foreign correspondent with Time Magazine, published in 2008. It’s an account (sometimes self-promoting, but then considering the extremes to which he has gone in the service of his trade, it’s not hard to forgive him … Continue reading →

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old religion, new year

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Mark Rossiter

now the rain came pouring down; it was cold, my shoe was letting in water, and I had no place to stay. Regretting that I hadn’t taken the ferry back to the world, I sheltered in the doorway of one … Continue reading →

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