“Often, I’m burdened by the cruel madness of some in this world, at my immediate anger with them. But I stop and consider those who give of themselves, create beauty and share it,…

“As a child, I measured the rhythm of the year by the scope of preparations for and celebrations of each of our holy days. The month leading up to Christmas and the one…

“When will we learn to let go of our fear of the other—to see that there is no other, that we are one? Our needs, our grief, our joys, are all the same,…

“They speak of god and country, wave flags they claim to love, plant their flagpoles into our Native brethren’s backs. The god they speak of does not deserve a capital G—he has no…

“EKG done, the triage nurse takes over, checks your blood pressure (high), your oxygen intake (decent, but lower than usual), temperature (normal). She looks more closely at the computer, then at you, ‘Wow.…

“My parents, and their parents before them, were Greek. They were ‘Greeks of the Diaspora’ for four generations. Before that, the maternal side of my family had its roots in ‘Constantinopoli’ (modern-day Istanbul).…

“Greece is soaked with the blood of my forebears, with that final offering of their fierce love.”—Helen Noakes Waking Point By Helen Noakes “I felt this was my duty, my sole duty: to…

  “And so, ever loving of the gods of earth and sky, Anthos set out to walk the earth. A tall thin man with a great heart and a greater spirit, Anthos walked…

“Greece is soaked with the blood of my forebears, with that final offering of their fierce love.”—Helen Noakes Waking Point By Helen Noakes “I felt this was my duty, my sole duty: to…

“My parents, and their parents before them, were Greek. They were ‘Greeks of the Diaspora’ for four generations. Before that, the maternal side of my family had its roots in ‘Constantinopoli’ (modern-day Istanbul).…