Diane’s space Poros is a lovely island, greatly underrated. I arrived on Poros on a dazzling spring morning in 2007 in search of a home for the weekend and decided to stay. Poros has a soothing energy, rooted in contentment and a deep sense of place. Adjusting to life in a closed, rural community isn’t easy after a life spent in large cities like San Diego, Athens, London, Washington and New York. Knowing the name of the chicken that hatched my egg and pressing oil from olives I’ve picked compensate in deeply satisfying ways for things I miss from the city, which is only a couple of hours away. Luckily, the internet lets me work from anywhere. I edit an English-language magazine about Greece and its contributors are as scattered as the Greek diaspora.
Poros gives me a sense of place, a Thinking Space where I’ve balance between the world outside and the world within.