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Seen from the outdoor dining area of the Parasol restaurant, I look out to the Aegean Sea; the rock in the distance is a popular swim destination when the annual Women's Festival arrives every early September.

Skala Eresou is the birthplace of poet Sappho, and as a result, has become a pilgrimage destination and utopia for lesbian women from worldwide. Sappho's poetry, much of which had strong emotions for other women, led to the words "lesbian" and "Sapphic" being used to describe gay women. My visit to Lesbos and Skala Eresou is itself a pilgrimage, in memory of my late wife Casey.

Painted on the back wall of the Sappho Eresia hotel, this mural imagines Sappho as a modern-day redhead, complete with sunglasses and earphones, smoking a cigarette. This certainly reminded me of my own redheaded, blue-eyed smoker Sappho - my late wife Casey.

Skala Eresou is the birthplace of poet Sappho, and as a result, has become a pilgrimage destination and utopia for lesbian women from worldwide. Sappho's poetry, much of which had strong emotions for other women, led to the words "lesbian" and "Sapphic" being used to describe gay women. My visit to Lesbos and Skala Eresou is itself a pilgrimage, in memory of my late wife Casey.

Wie bei einer guten Flasche Château Lafite-Rothschild entfaltet Fujichrome Diafilm nach 35 Jahren Lagerung seinen besonderen Charme. Heute frisch auf dem Plustec 7600i gescannt. Kamera Minox GT.

Just like a good bottle of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Fujichrome slide film unfolds its special charm after 35 years of storage. Freshly scanned today on my Plustec 7600i. Camera: Minox GT.

Wahre Wunder vollbringt Topaz Photo AI, welches das alte Fujichrome Dia entrauscht, schärft und erstrahlen läßt.

Minox 35GT - Fujichrome Diafilm - Plustec 7600i

Made before 1944
Greek production, made on the island of Lesbos
Probably from Mandamados and possibly attributable to Prokopis Stamatis as potter and Myrsini Stamatis as painter.
Decorated using a brush

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England, UK
Inv. 1952.12.3
Stanley Casson collection
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/prm-object-121359

Made before 1944
Greek production, made on the island of Lesbos
Probably from Mandamados and possibly attributable to Prokopis Stamatis as potter and Myrsini Stamatis as painter.
Decorated using a brush

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England, UK
Inv. 1952.12.3
Stanley Casson collection
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/prm-object-121359