Greek City Times
Yesterday, Greek City Times published an article that I had written for them called ‘Why Symi?’ As you will see if you read it, this is one of the most oft asked questions of people who choose to live here and I hope the article goes some way to explaining this hard to answer question. When I was putting together ‘Carry On Up The Kali Strata’ I attempted to answer it and found the only real answer was ‘A lot of things.’ A great combination of things draws people to live on Symi and I don’t think there is one simple aspect of the island life that captures people. Have a read and see what you think: Why Symi?
Meanwhile, ‘Remotely’ has now filtered through into Amazon and should be available in Kindle format there – it is, I just saw the page: Remotely Kindle. If you are a member of Kindle Unlimited you can get it for free, or else it’s currently only £3.76 to buy and download immediately. It’s the same format as the paperback, same layout, and has been checked to work fine on all platforms.
Here no Symi the weather continues to be ‘just right’ as people say. Not too hot, not too breezy, not too humid or cold, it’s ‘just right’ for walking and swimming and doing all those things you want to do on holiday. For me, I still have the window open beside the desk during the day, but other windows that have been open all summer are starting to be closed one by one. I’m thinking of getting the top sheet out in case the nights start to feel cooler and the fan is no longer needed in the living room or by the bed. I still have one in the ‘Workhouse’ as it’s a flat-roofed concrete block and stays hot even after the sun has gone down.
There have been more boats in and out of late, Wednesday was busy with the ferry leaving the Blue Star coming in, many sailing boats and some larger yachts, and then the day boats so there’s no sign of the season slowing down as yet. Everywhere is still open as Symi enjoys a longer summer season than islands further to the north.
So, all is well, and ticking along and things are getting done: pieces for a new ‘Symi’ book, a new novel for next year, a script to be submitted to Amazon TV and a new idea for a set of short stories. So many words, so little time – I’m looking forward to the winter when it’s cool enough to work through the afternoons, there will be more time for typos then. I mean more time for typing. No, maybe I was right the first time.
