(Almond, yucca, olive and rosemary)

Postcards from Jaipur, where I finally felt well enough to make a small batch of podi masala. Dosa with podi, sambar, chutney, then some blueberry yogurt. The scent of rose attar mixed with the scent of curry leaves. Sharp sunlight. Summer. Khus. The coolness of water.

Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart's affections.

— Lawrence Durrell

Caroline Forbes

“Without doubt, our schemes are proceeding admirably.”

– C.P. Cavafy, “Exiles”, translated by John Ash.

#poetry #cavafy

Almond, olive, quince and rosemary

'Cette manie de perpétuer, d’enregistrer, de photographier tout ! Je suppose que cela doit venir d’une angoisse de ne pouvoir jouir pleinement de rien, de voir que la fleur de toute chose vous échappe à chaque somme d’air exhalé.' (EO, 1959)

Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart's affections.

— Lawrence Durrell

Caroline Forbes

On the waterfront

(Towards Corfu’s New Fortress)

Plaka🧡

“To really appreciate a place or time - to extract the poignant essence of it - one should see it in the light of a departure, a leavetaking.”

Lawrence Durrell,
The Avignon Quintet

Michael Haag:
'Postcards from Lawrence Durrell's Avignon'

Today is a blue day

Today is a blue day, pure as a kingfisher from here to Nauplia. I wish I could cut you a slice of this bell-blue heaven and water and time.

— Lawrence Durrell, writing from Athens to Anne Ridler (1940)

Nafplio

7. “Las islas griegas” (1978), de Lawrence Durrell.

“that house with its remoteness and the islands going down like soft gongs all the time into the amazing blue...”

Lawrence Durrell

photo, with thanks to
Durrell Society

‘Today is a blue day…

Greetings from Belgrade

Today is a blue day, pure as a kingfisher from here to Nauplia. I wish I could cut you a slice of this bell-blue heaven and water and time.

— Lawrence Durrell, writing from Athens to Anne Ridler (1940)

Nafplio

Such an outstanding poet. I read some of his poems last year at the Beyond Borders doc film fest on the island of Kastellorizo. Durrell Society

George Seferis

Lawrence Durrell’s Odyssey of Greek Islands a Travel Masterpiece greekreporter.com/2024/04/08/law… via Greek Reporter Durrell Society | #greece #travelbook #travelmemoir