Kamini Village during one of Hydra's nightime blackouts Ironic, really, that last month we suggested there be light … sometimes. In March, the DEH really took us at our word: no light ... sometimes. By ...

Where else in the world would one consider one’s business day to be hugely successful, cause for celebration in fact, purely because one has managed to get a spare key cut. Granted it wasn’t a ...

It must be a record somewhere—nearly three years for a small package to reach our post office on the port. In the age of instant coms, it’s hard to believe that an envelope could literally ...

It is not by coincidence that the cliché "It’s all Greek to me" connotes incomprehension.  While Greek, spoken or written, is notoriously tough to master, its difficulties have an unusual twist on the island.  The ...

Inmates of the Rock have, on occasion, frustrated with bureaucratic delays and lack of amenities, been overheard to call our island, in jest, the “fourth world.” But here’s a thought: even in Uganda, plastic bags ...

The strange, almost haunting noise that reverberates periodically, day or night, through Kamini valley has apparently had locals perplexed for the past couple of years—a sound so unlike the familiar braying donkeys, crowing roosters, yapping ...

The fires are out, but the debate continues... SHAME ... It was our plan to present things in humorous light, articles that would show the lighter side of life on our little Rock. But there ...

Essentially it’s about how much fossil fuel an individual consumes in his or her daily life, or in layman's terms, how much carbon dioxide one's lifestyle generates, therefore contributing to polluting the planet. How 'bout ...

Alexis Averbuck Painter and writer Having relocated to Hydra in 2007, Alexis recent painting works to capture the specific luster of the island's colors, moods, and natural environment. Learn more. Alison Leslie Gold Writer Award-winning ...

Turkish Fleet Sinks before the Engagement Within minutes of news getting out of the pyrotechnic flagship's keeling over on June 23, 2007, a number of conspiracy theories erupted: There was an altercation with a speeding ...