Day 159

July has not been a good month for energy and positivity. It’s been good for the garden and the tomatoes are an example of our climate and straw bales. I may go to church today. Missed it all month and am still feeling distance there. Anyway, I’ll start with routine: watering orchids and walking. Then I’ll figure out what I need to do next. There is always more yard work and getting ready for a week with an obligation every day.

POH

While rummaging around in drawers looking for something, I found my trip journal from Greece. Now there’s a story for POH. No, there are several stories there so I had to select one. Stuck in the journal were photographs and one is of the “Pefkos taxi.”

One day Zev and I decided we wanted to explore the island and asked our hostess, Peg, how we could get to a beach on the Mediterranean. She told us to go down to the square and ask for the taxi to Pefkos. We walked down the narrow stone paved street, past the bakery and the tiny store, and into the square. It was bank day and the truck was there to serve the people. We found one guy who spoke English and he pointed us where to find the taxi.

The taxi turned out to be donkeys for rent. They were saddled and ready. Don’t worry, said the man, they know the way and they will get you back safely. We got on the donkeys and off we went through the rocky, nearly bare hills with only a few olive trees and many shrines. Seemed like there was a small enclosure for a religious statue nearly every half mile, maybe more often than that. And then there was Pefkos, a couple of buildings and no people. We went down to the beach and the glorious sea, blue and clear and warm. We got wet and then laid on the sand enjoying the sun and air. It was a perfect time. The return trip was another adventure and I must say that donkey riding is not my preferred manner of transportation but it was a lovely day.