Old Man Vlachos was one of my father’s best friends. He and Old Man Simbonis. I say old, because as I write this Simbonis is still alive, of clear mind, at age 98. These were two men from the next generation to my father who adopted him in the village of his father when he…
Conversations on Dancing
Nikos Kazanatzakis: Zorba the Greek Zorba was dumfounded. He tried hard to understand; he could not believe in such happiness. All at once he was convinced. He rushed towards me and took me by the shoulders. “Do you dance?” he asked me intensely. “Do you dance?” “No.” “No?” He was flabbergasted and let his arms…
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