Travel photos from Greece, and a few from home
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Setting out for Ithaka
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Excavated bathtub at Pylos. The Odyssey describes Telemachus bathing in Pylos after arriving from Ithaca in search of news of his father, Odysseus
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The rugged Taygetos Mountains-Telemachus (and Xanthe, the main character in Penelope’s Daughter) crossed these mountains between Nestor’s kingdom of Pylos and Sparta
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Crowned with laurel by my partner Jim on the last night of my Penelope’s Daughter research trip to Greece
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My friends and colleagues Stephanie Robinson and John Mark Harris perform at the launch of The Four Seasons
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With Judy Reeves, executive director of San Diego Wrtiers Ink, at a benefit signing at Bookstar
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Odysseys, come home – your daughter Xanthe wants to meet you!
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“When you set out for Ithaka, ask that your way be long” – C.P. Cavafy, “Ithaka”
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The Museum of the Olive in Sparta – reconstruction of oil press from the time of The Odyssey
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A hero larger than life, at the National Museum in Athens
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Happy Day! A carton of copies of THE FOUR SEASONS arrives on my doorstep
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Palace foundation in ancient Sparta
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Excavation of the hearth in the megaron (great room) of Nestor’s Palace at Pylos
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My own Odyssey to find Homeric sites on Kefalonia
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A well and watering trough, exactly where Homer said it would be-is Kefalonia the real Ithaca of The Odyssey?
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In search of the possible site of the loyal swineherd Eumaus’ pig farm, on Kefalonia.
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A view over Sparta to the Taygetos Mountains
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Checking in with my agent, Meg Ruley, over iced cappucino in Sparta
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Sneaking into the ruins of ancient Sparta
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Looking across the plains of Sparta to the site of Helen and Menelaus’ palace.
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Is this the site of Laertes’ farm in The Odyssey?
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Having fun at the Avid Reader in Sacramento
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Having fun at the Avid Reader in Sacramento
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A good turnout at the Avid Reader in Sacramento
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Signing the last copy at the Avid Reader
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My son Ivan, taking a break from filming our video about UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH
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With fellow author and dear friend Pamela Shekinah Perkins, at the SD Library local authors reception
