Shepherd Poet in Crete Keeps Mountain Library Alive
Michalis Stavrakakis, known as the poet among shepherds, has lived 25 years in the Nida plateau near Psiloritis Crete. He preserves a unique library in his sheep-pen with works by Kazantzakis Sikelianos Seferis and Palamas. He writes free verse stories in the Cretean dialect and plans to publish two poetry collections.
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Michalis Stavrakakis
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Psiloritis
Kingdom of Mountain Sheherds
Aegean Island
Kronos
Zeus
Heaven and Earth
Rea
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Kostis Palamas
Fragrant Years guide promises scent filled gardens
AP note reviews The Fragrant Years by Helen Van Pelt Wilson and Leonie Bell offers a scent oriented planting guide with 94 drawings and a spring to summer fragrance schedule. The book blends practical gardening with fragrance theory and includes a bibliography for further reading. A separate tip explains a two pot cutting method for indoor plant propagation. Weeding strawberry beds is being addressed by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station to reduce manual labor and protect runner plants.
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Gardners
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M. Barrows & Co
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Leonie Bell
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Activated carbon dipped strawberry roots reduce herbicide damage
Researchers report root dipping in activated carbon before transplanting reduced damage from two effective herbicide combinations. Plots treated with herbicides saw infestation under 10 percent of untreated by Aug 9, while carbon dipped plants produced nearly as many runners as untreated plants. The station notes carbon protected only against certain herbicides and did not shield against all combinations.
Hairdressers Hear All Sorts Of Confidences
In St Petersburg Florida hairdressers report hearing about twenty confidences daily. Clients share private issues from impending divorces to illicit affairs and family troubles. Stylists caution about anonymity and occasional feigned deafness as they listen.
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