Out of Santorini By Doris Athanassakis Note: This portfolio of  images represents yet another offering via Weekly Hubris of works by photographer Doris Athanassakis. Athanassakis spends much of her year in Imerovigli,  a caldera-side village…

“When I attempt to describe the culture in which I live to residents of countries where excellence is still pursued, citizens still engage with one another in rational, multifaceted discourse, literacy is increasing,…

“We were all Greek citizens, and proud to be: yet we were so different. I was Greek yet American-born and bred; the other three were born in Greece, and in Thrace, specifically. One…

“Bernanke’s discussion of the failure of the Fed and the Treasury to prevent Lehman’s collapse savors of a legalism that is somewhat inconsistent with the boldness of his many successful central-banking ploys. Equally…

“One sunny day, we sat on the grass across the road and made black pencil studies of the cherry tree. Shadows took on new meaning for Emma that day. When I finally painted…

“Cotton, it seems, has surrounded our old farmhouse for most of its existence, save for those occasional years or decades when the price of cotton was so low as to make it unfeasible…

An Elko, South Carolina Thanksgiving Epicurus’ Porch By William A. Balk, Jr. “Despite occasional diversions into the realm of experimentation (nb: deep-frying 15-pound turkeys in hot oil is a questionable practice in or…

“Here on Andros, it has been much easier to focus on a less troubled Greece . . . .  Every day, there is at least one almost miracle to lift the spirits.”—Diana Farr…

“If my life is a horror flick—and I am now not entirely certain it is not—last fall marked the moment in the plot when a wise voice (off camera) should have intoned, “I…

“I arrived at the crossing, offered up our US passports; mine including a large, full-page Serbian residence permit. I was speaking Serbian, which is, of course, the same language as Croatian, and I…