The Village part 1 -1990’s
The Village part 1 -1990’s By Stevie and Patti As foreigners we probably saw life in the village during these days differently to the locals but many aspects of village life were fascinating to...
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Living on the square. / Ζώντας στην πλατεία.
Living on the square 1990 By Stevie and Patti The summer was over, and the winter that year was so calm with little rain we thought that was what all the winters in Katouna...
Κατουνιώτες !!
Becoming Katouniotes (part 4) By Stevie and Patti 1989 On our drive back to Greece from the UK we were given an offer we couldn’t refuse and so during this tumultuous year we...
A Cultural memory
OCTOBER 28, 2020 Translated by Steve Taylor A Cultural memory By the term cultural memory, introduced by the Egyptologist Jan Assmann, we do not mean the remembrance of recent events, but the traditions that...
Red Red Wine 1988
(Part 3) Settling into village life required a few adjustments to be made to our home to make us more comfortable. We needed a shower and made some enquiries. One morning some lads (...
Living on the edge (part 2)
By Stevie and Patty 1988 Sophronis house was at the edge of the village. Below Agios Barbaros there were no buildings other than animal sheds. Our neighbours Barba Zois, Spiridoula and Vasiliki were...
Soil Sealing
The soil and its functions Soil: the upper layer of the Earth’s solid crust, between the geological background and the surface which consists of inorganic and organic matter, water, air and living...
Strangers in Katouna ( part 1)
By Patti and Stevie 1987 After 4 summers working on the Greek Islands of Kerkyra, Zakinthos and Lesvos 1987 was the first time we came to Lefkada. Throughout that summer we were based...
The joy of living in Katouna
Are you aware that the local authorities have decided to devolve the responsibilities for the island to its local communities to enable a more vested involvement system? Enabling this has meant that the island...
