About Me

My wife, Karin, and I live on the delightful Greek isle, Paros. Read our full service Paros web site or our periodic blog to learn about all that Paros has to offer as well as the ups and downs of the expat life style.

What is the Best Greek Island to Visit?

I have seen this question in many travel forums and have answered it a few times myself. Now it is your turn to respond.  Which Greek island do you like? There is only one rule that I can think of at this time.  An answer must include a r...

Share our Greek Island Paradise on Paros

Hey, Squidoo is fun!  There are some very good lenses.  I will be updating this lens about life on our island of Paros, Cyclades, Greece on a gradual basis.  We maintain a full service Paros web site with over 50 pages of...

Johnnie Ray

I grew up as a kid on the next street over from the Ray family in Aloha, Oregon.  Somehow I had it in my mind that Johnnie was a contemporary of my older brother born in 1937.  According to Wikipedia he was 10 years older, however.&nbs...

Plein Air Painting on Paros: Our Greek Island

All that Greece has to offer combined with expert instruction.  Workshops in oil and watercolour in the sun and atmosphere of a Greek isle--at affordable prices.

Mel Blanc

I always felt an affinity with him since he came from my home city.I once heard him speak in person; he came across as very kindly.  A friend who knew him well, ("He was like my second father.") says he spoke in low tones and came...

Isaac Asimov

Once upon a time, probably in the late seventies, my wife and I sat at a banquet table with Isaac Asimov and Jean Auel (it was before Jean was famous).  It was a Portland, Oregon Mensa meeting. Isaac was the guest of honor but was relatively quie...

Jeremy Irons

My wife and I lived in Ballydehob, West Cork, Ireland when Jeremy Irons bought Kilcoe Castle and began renovating it. Several of his workers and occasionally Jeremy were customers of our shop.  It was a very interesting episode that lasted many y...

James Beard

James Beard was most active in Portland when I was a young child so I don't remember ever meeting him or eating in his restaurants. I do remember everyone deferring to him as setting the standard for dishes and menus. He was The Master. In our fami...

Michael Shepherd

I have been collecting Google Alerts--world wide web postings--for Michael Shepherd. Some of the results are listed below. In April the documentary "Google Me The Movie" is getting publicity so I thought I would include it here because I need a bet...

Filmmaking Workshop on a Greek Island

Learn the latest in modern cinema techniques while shooting a Greek idyll.                Percentage ownership of finished product         &nb...

Red Skelton

O.K. this is pretty thin.  This brush with celebrity was truly a brush. I was attending a meeting in the grand old hotel of Portland, Oregon, The Benson--since changed owners and names.  As I stood before the lobby elevator waiting to go up,...

Ursula LeGuin

O.K. I am cheating here.  I don't have any direct connection with Ursula LeGuin.  My wife worked at Barnes & Noble Book Store in her Portland, Oregon neighborhood for one year.  During that time Ursula came in a couple times to aut...

Windsurfing Video Showcase

I am from Oregon although not the Columbia River gorge, I knew Doug Campbell in school and now I am on Paros, the kitesurfing (boarding) capital of Greece. Read more about windsurfing and kite boarding in Greece and the Greek islands on our full servi...

Jean Auel

Since both of us lived in the Beaverton, Oregon area for several years at the same time we have many connections.  The truth is I can't remember how many times our paths crossed because she wasn't famous then. This photo is how I remember her the...

William Hurt

January 2007 we were flying from Portland, Oregon, USA on the direct flight to Frankfurt (to make connection to Athens).  In the check-in queue we were struggling with the maximum amount and weight of luggage.  The man in front of us had on...