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dberger43

@dberger43.bsky.social

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Part-time Texas ex-pat to Crete, Grannie, retired elementary school teacher with Engligh Lit degrees, loves among other things: Minoans, Leonard Cohen, Warren Zevon, Dorothy Sayers, classical guitar

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dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 5h

From the ancient acropolis of Sami, Kefalonia

View of green mountains with the Ionian Sea in the distance

Grey rocks with small, lavender flowers growing in the cracks

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dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 1d

The garden next to our home

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dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 1d

Looking across the Ionian Sea from Sami, Kefalonia, with Ithaca on the left

Tree branch in the foreground, the Ionian Sea, Ithaca on the left, from Sami, Kefalonia

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dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 3d

Describe your Bluesky account with one image

Colorful sunset sky over a shining beach and ocean, Chania, Nea Chora, Crete

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dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 4d

Morning and night over Chania

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dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 5d

Rainbow over the Aegean, Chania

Rainbow with grey and white clouds, over a small rock sea wall

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dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 5d

Evening over Chania

Rainy looking clouds at sunset over a city skyline, behind which is a dark mountain range

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 5d

I suspect that Ms Markle would be glad to know that (see alt text for context).

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 7d

This reminds me, in a good way, of the woodcut illustrations in my editions of the Earthsea trilogy by le Guin

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 7d

Good morning, Chania

Pink morning clouds over a medieval town with a bell tower in the middle distance

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dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 7d

Sunset over Chania

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 9d

Rainbow over the west wall, Chania, Crete

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dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 10d

Scene of Mr Norrell’s rain-ship blockade!

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 14d

How did you find your car and is this tech anyone can get? Because this happens not infrequently to us (misplacing the parked car).

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 14d

Got my AOL addy when I was 42- turned 73 last summer. Still use it for throw-away stuff.

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 19d

Heard it recently here in Greece. He gets more play here, still.

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 20d

Sunday evening sunset, Nea Chora, Chania, Crete

Sunset over the Aegean, rocks in the foreground

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dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 23d

I’ve always taken mine (omeprazole for acid reflux).

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 24d

Diez y Seiz a day late, Majestic, Chania old harbor

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 25d

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 25d

Please share this!

Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 25d

There’s a petition to name the site of the old the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel Warren Zevon Square. Warren’s song, Desperados Under the Eaves, is one of the great odes to Los Angeles. Please sign the petition so we can make Zevon Square happen.
www.change.org/p/help-us-ho...

Sign the Petition

Help us honor Warren Zevon with a City Square!

www.change.org

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dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 26d

We are living in Greece at the moment and when we wake, we check if there are any good games still going, and so caught this in about the 6th and stuck around for the end and wow!

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 26d

Totally agree about the size, and I imagine my reach would not exceed yours ;) I love a small phone.

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · 29d

Good to roll out before the Vuelta rolls in (Tour of Spain, pro-cycling race).

dberger43 @dberger43.bsky.social · Sep 12

You are the Pirate King, etc