Monday, February 25, 2013

What's Hot on the Blog Today

Some of the articles are quite long so this may serve as a fast way to find them.  The complete list of article titles is in the sidebar and the ones below are the ones people read the most in the last twenty-four hours.

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Ein Tour in Olympia in Griechenland - This article took over eight hours to put together and getting the video ready to go online took much longer than going to Olympia to film it!  I may go back to do an English version and this time do it with a guide to explain what we are seeing.  I felt very much for the first one that I didn't want anyone speaking to interrupt the vibe from the past.   That worked out well as I was very much overcome by it and this was an enormous surprise to me.  I had expected it would simply be a travelogue and the biggest excitement would be in avoiding the quite deadly sand viper that likes to hide in ruins but it was much, much more than that.

Heute ist ein schöner Tag mit Olivenbäumen - Only about ten minutes were needed for this one and it was by request because there is so much character in the trunks of olive trees.  I can't exaggerate the importance of olive trees to Greeks as they are absolutely everywhere and it seems practically everyone around here is involved in cultivating and harvesting them.

"Every Six Minutes" - Gina Gershon - This is a very powerful song from the movie "Prey for Rock and Roll" which is about a fading punk rock queen portrayed brilliantly by Gina Gershon.  You can read the lyrics for "Every Six Minutes" and it was written by Cheri Lovedog and Grace Chapman.  Cheri Lovedog was in the music business and the movie is a dramatisation of her story there.

For Daytona 500 Raceday Eating: Indian Madras Chicken - Another cooking special although this time without the need for Band-Aids due to cut fingers.  This is again on the theme of satisfying the three primary requirements of cooking beyond just tasting good:  it has to be easy, it has to be cheap, and it has to make a lot.

Visiting the Green Animals Topiary Garden in Rhode Island - This one is a pictorial travelogue article featuring the Green Animal Topiary Garden and it is in English because it is a destination in America.  It is the oldest and northernmost topiary garden in the country.

Kreuzfahrt Katakolo im Regen / Griechisch Autobahn Denkmäler - These articles are day-in / day-out favorites and they get an enormous number of hits with each of them having been read over a thousand times.

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