The Power of Tradition: A Case From Eternal Crete

The Cretans share ethics, ideals, morals, and standards so concrete and unbreakable that they seem foreign to the modern world we’ve come to accept. 

Minas Liapakis and his father-in-law Nikos Merkoulidis cooking out in Tsoutsouras. Phil Butler

The joyful sound of children running and laughing is the music that surrounds us as we learn to appreciate on a sunny Sunday in tiny Ano Asites.

My dear friend Minas is saying something to me, but my focus is drawn to his wife Kallia as she sets the table and does double duty as a child sentinel. Then, sweet little Anna Maria catches my attention as she pets one of the gentle cats that belong to the whole village.