Surprised by Time

Methoni castle (Kal 'a-i Metoni) 1509, Kemal Paşa Zade, Tevâŕh-i Al-i Osmân (Ms. Dresd. Eb.391) [Late note: A correspondent has ...

Kaïka, or Caïque, by Karl Krazeisen.   The first part of this entry was published in November 2010 : then I forgot about it. This con...

Vilhelm Hammershoi, Interior, 1901. In April-July 2011, the Metropolitan Museum of Art had an exhibition of some seventy paintings...

Soldiers in the Panagia, at Skafi-Prodromi, Crete. John Pagomenos, 1347. When Piero Brunoro of San Vidal died in Negroponte in 1461, h...

Main street, Longanikos. Longanikos is a wonderfully severe town, with massive stone buildings and ruins on the steep hillside above ...

  Goldfinches in winter. Surprised by Time began four years ago today.  This is the 250th post -- at least 398,000 words -- and I a...

  The Church of Manolada, 1987 The Blue Guide says the church of Manolada is 12 C. This is how it looked in June 1987 when I was fol...