About my homepage
My homeland. Me, the past, the future, those who left us, those who come hereto, those by the next door. Whatever I saw and touched, whatever touched me, the way I experienced it. Whatever I wanted to show, to narrate, to keep close, to share with love, obligation, fear, pride, sorrow, anxiety, and joy.
Small and large, great or humble, elaborate, simple, carved rocks, people, souls, ripped dreams, stiffened relationships, forgotten scents, flavors and tastes, colors, labor and crafts.
This is my site for all of you, the observers, my fellow citizens, a tribute to those who shared, and a gift to those of tomorrow.
A rich land, and its people an inestimable wealth. People who still share with pleasure and never ask anything in return. People who were carved by the land of borders in the passage of time.
Those impressions, just like ephemeral 'have a nice day' greetings, are the kind of things I would like to print in our memories in order to protect from oblivion that different epochs always bring along.
I'll narrate with my short stories and poems, I'll describe with my pictures. I'd consider this a personal feat if those wee-little bits of my contribution were able to curb our apathy for such matters as we move forward.
Welcome to my site!
Maria Toloudi-Sidiropoulou February 2012