Daily gratitude

Dedicated to all of you who have supported me and this project during the 30 nerve-racking days of my kickstarter campaign, who have shown unprecedented kindness and generosity, pledged your money, followed the blog, helped spread the word, sent me care packages, and been my friends. Thank you. 


Day 38 / Day 30 (October 15): Thank you Peter and Suemyya, my final two backers, and thank you to all 103 amazing people who backed the project on kickstarter in the last 30 days. Thank you Eileen, Aliki, Melina, Spyro and Niko, for sharing and posting on my behalf pretty much every single day. Thank you to my sister Ariadne for support on and off the social media. Thank you Elly, Ariadne V, Sue & Richard and Katerina for believing in me and this project and going out of your way to help. Thank you Aliki, Eileen, Jo and Ela for the care packages. Thank you Susanne for living through all this with me via skype. Thank you Korinna, Iro, Diana, Faidra, Diana, Ioanna, Madga, Karol, Lina, Emma, Tomek, Theodora, Giti, Danai, George, Helen, Artemis, Maria, Naomi, Lilly, Zaneta, Marie, Meghann, Giorgos, Yiannis, Eleni A and Margarita for sharing the excitement (and shock) with me today. Thank you Mel for supporting me in everything I do. Thank you Eleni for being with me from start to finish, and for the music. And thank you to everyone who's been reading so far. Keep reading: we still have a long way to go. 

Day 38 is dedicated to Elly, with huge thanks. 


Day 37/ Day 29 (October 14): Thank you Stelios, Sophia, Saki, Theodora, George, Daniela, Jason, Periklis, Mia, Dennis, Marina, Spyros & Vangelis for making the final day on kickstarter such a huge and unexpected success. I will be writing for many days to come, thanks to all of you. Thank you Elly, Eileen, Melina, Aliki, Spyro, Eleni A, Susanne, Lina, Ariadne K, Arek, Niko, Alexandra, Helen, Apostolos, Ariadne V, Eleni K, George, Diana, Elena, Giorgos, Ashka, Ioanna and Faidra for being with me today. Thank you Nancy for the lovely post in followme.gr

And thank you Jo for the socks, scarves and astronaut treat; Day 37 is for you. 

Day 36 / Day 28 (October 13) : Thank you Giorgos! Thank you Ela, Spyro, Eileen, Ariadne K, Ioanna, Niko, Helen, Melina, Apostolos and Eleni. Thank you to everyone who joined me on the swings today. 

Day 36 is dedicated to Ariadne V, who has stood by me, and this project, from the start. 

Day 35 / Day 27 (October 12): Thank you Niko, again! Your card(s) will be hand-delivered, as promised. Thank you Elly for your pledge today, and consistent support throughout. Thank you Ariadne V, Eileen, Aliki, Agnieszka, Korinna, George, Iro, Arek, Helen, Marie, Elena, Nassos and Faidra for taking the time to read, share and like today, even though it's Sunday and I'm sure you had better things to do! 

Day 35 is dedicated to Alexi, Anna and their son. Ariadne V, Niko and Elly: your days are coming up.

Day 34 / Day 26 (October 11): Thank you Ariadne. Thank you Danae. Thank you Melina, Spyro, Eileen, Ariadne K, Ela, Niko, Susanne, Katerina, Ashka, Zaneta, Korinna, George, Elena, Louise, Eleni K and Magda. Thank you Vilka for huge kindness (and excellent taste). Thank you Stavros for the photos and the good smells. 

A day dedicated to each new backer from now on, for giving me another day to write. Day 34 is for Danae. Thank you. 

Day 33 / Day 25 (October 10): Thank you Vanessa! Thank you Elly, Diana, Melina, Ariadne V, Ela, SASM, Elena, Margarita, Esther, Eileen, Aliki and Faidra. Thank you Korinna for supplying some of the missing details. And thank you Time for letting me forget the rest; I’m sure it’s for a good reason.

Day 32 / Day 24 (October 9): Thank you Margarita! Thank you Aliki, Eileen, Ariadne, Ashka, Faidra, Elly, Tomek, Diana, Korinna, Apostolos, Melina, SASM, Elena, Julie, Joslyn, Eleni A and Sofia. Thank you Nancy. Thank you Spyro for the coffee and daily support. And thank you Amazon, for delivering to Sifnos! (It’s true.)

Day 31 / Day 23 (October 8): Thank you Spyro, Faidra, Joslyn and Louise for pushing us up to 105%! Thank you Aliki, Korinna, Ariadne V, Diana, Sue, Eleni K, Iro, Niko, Marie, Ruth, Susanne, Melina, Ela, Vanessa, Anna, Magda, Aram, Martha, Kymm, Zaneta, Giti, Tomek, Naomi, Apostolos, Katerina and Jo for sharing in the joy today. You’re all lovely people.


Day 30 / Day 22 (October 7):  Thank you John, Alexi, Maria and Magda. Thank you to all 86 of my backers so far. Thank you Eileen, Spyro, Elly, Susanne, Diana, Iro, Niko, Ela, Melina, Laura, Ariadne, Raf, Faidra, George, Helen, Janine and Eleni. I am completely overwhelmed. Thank you.

Day 29 / Day 21 (October 6): Thank you Stelios! Thank you Ryo & Fabio! Thank you Eleni! Thank you Ariadne for a fantastic post. Thank you Emma, Korinna, Helen, Ela, Melody, Elena, Monika, Susanne, Spyro, Danny, Aleko and Claudia. Thank you Eileen, as always. Thank you Julie for the possibility of brownies. And thank you, begrudgingly, to Mrs. Pittou, Yiannis and George for popping in.

Day 28 / Day 20 (October 5): Thank you Antonis! Thank you Ronald! Thank you Aliki, Eileen, Spyro, Susanne, Diana, Niko, Maria, George, Ela, Christos, Elena, Anastasis, Christian, Anna, Arek, Stratos, Jo, Artemis, Danai, Sue, Eleni, Sofia, Harry, Dimitris, Emma, Konstantinos, Giti, Kostas, Tomek, Melina, Virginia, Margarita S, Raf, Laura W, Laura I, Sati, Ruth, Ruti, Bironi and Ola. Thank you Joslyn. Thank you Agnieszka. And thank you Ariadne, Margarita, Spyro and Vangeli, my sisters and brothers, for the sibling solidarity on facebook today.

Day 27 / Day 19 (October 4): Thank you Vilka! Thank Susanne, Aliki, Eleni A, Spyro, Danai, Korinna, Elena, Naomi and George. Thank you Eileen for my knee-high socks and shortbread biscuits, which have kept me warm & happy on a dull Saturday.

Day 26 / Day 18 (October 3): Thank you Nassos. Thank you Temperance. Thank you Spyro. Thank you Theodora. Thank you Fallon. Thank you Ioanna, Niko, Agnieszka, Katerina, SASM, Emma, Zaneta, Giti, Tomek, Aliki, Iro, Eleni A, Faidra, Ina, Ariadne K, Melina, Apostolos, Elly and Susanne. Thank you Joslyn for the support. Thank you Eileen for the goodie bag, and the inspiration. Thank you Eleni, for a day of two songs. And thank you, rugged and handsome man: we had some good hypothetical romance, out on those fields.

Day 25 / Day 17 (October 2): Thank you Janine! Thank you Korinna, Melina, Eileen, Aliki, Iro, Julian, Faidra, Virginia, Apostolos and Anna. Thank you SASM for your help today. Thank you Vanessa, for long distance reiki & support. Thank you donkey for being donkey. And pussycat. And vending machine. And thank you, unnamed ex, for being wrong.

Day 24 / Day 16 (October 1): Thank you Ashka! Thank you Bryony & Philip! Thank you Kymm, Jill, Aliki, Spyro, Korinna, Eileen, Konstantino, Melina and Ariadne, V for facebook support & interaction. Thank you Theodora for the (solicited) messages. Thank you Laura for the beautiful card & the beautiful words. And thank you boy cat for eating the monster before it could get me.  

Day 23 / Day 15 (September 30): Thank you Paul. Thank you Eileen, Aliki, Ariadne K, Ariadne V, Melina, Marie, Susanne, Diana, Iro, Elly, Laura, Sue and Richard. Thank you Yorgo for letting me into your magic garden. Thank you Eleni, for the music and the phonecall. And thank you sunshine, for coming back.

Day 22 / Day 15 (September 29): Thank you Zaneta. Thank you Ariadne (sista). Thank you Eleni K. Thank you Ela (again). Thank you Helen. Thank you Lesley. Thank you Yvonne. You all made today a happy Monday, after all. Thank you Eileen, Aliki, Korinna, Melina, Elly, Spyro, Marie, Susanne, Faidra, Marshall, Ariadne V, Anastasis, Lina, Alexandra, Jo, Agnieszka, Niko and Yahya. Thank you yoga, and thank you Rage Against The Machine. Thank you Katerina for the haircut and the chat. Thank you mum for the supplies, and thank you Christina for carrying said supplies, for the company, and for dinner in the secret club. This was a hard day, but it turned out good in the end.

Day 21 / Day 14 (September 28): Thank you Dimitri. Thank you Cosma. Thank you Diana. Thank you Theodora. Thank you Ariadne, Marshall, Ruth, Aliki, Eileen, Niko, Spyro, Ashka, Melina, Faidra, Iro and Korinna. Thank you Ela; you have no idea how excited I am! Thank you everyone who kept me company, via the blog, this cloudy Sunday. And thank you elephant of terror for kindly not sitting on me today.

Day 20 / Day 13 (September 27): Thank you Kat. Thank you Iro. Thank you Eileen. Thank you Ruth, Aliki, Katerina, Spyro, Ela, Faidra, Helen, Spyro, Susanne, Ariadne V and Danny. Thank you Eileen and Jo for goodie bags and prospective socks. Thank you rain for coming, and thank you ankle socks. You may keep my feet warm until your big sisters arrive.

Day 19 / Day 12 (September 26): Thank you Laura, Lilly, Faidra, Sofia, Evie, Josh and George, for reminding an unemployed writer what payday feels like! Thank you Sue for being amazing (and making me sound amazing too). Thank you Ariadne V for the “we”. Thank you Eileen, Elly, Richard, Ali, Katerina, Niko, Magda, Ela, Mark, Melina, Yahya, Aliki, Spyro and Malik, for shares, likes and lovely words. And thank you all for hanging out with me still, today, on day 19.

Day 18 / Day 11 (September 25): Thank you Michal, my one & only backer for today! Thank you Eileen, Melina and Spyro for daily shares & support. Thank you Ariadne V for the lovely post. Thank you Zaneta, Ruth, Katerina, Gabriella, Cat, Stelios, Ariadne K, Aliki and Laura for reading & liking. And thank you, mutant owl-cat, for not loitering outside my window tonight.

Day 17 / Day 10 (September 24): Thank you Martha! Thank you Theodora, Chrysoula, Leon, Douglas and Bryony for the messages. Thank you Ariadne, Eileen, Spyro, Helen, Mimi, Aliki, Sue, Eleni A, Marie, Yahya, Tamzin, Tomek and Melina for sharing, liking & supporting today. And thank you Aliki for the care package; it’s perfect, and it was still a surprise.

Day 16 / Day 9 (September 23): Thank you Nassos and Janet Ann! Thank you Jill and Agnieszka for the lovely and thoughtful posts, which make me sound amazing! Thank you Melina, Spyro, Eileen, Eleni A and Yorgo for sharing, caring & PR, and thank you Eileen for thoroughly terrorising me (for my own good)! Thank you mum for the email. And thank you Eleni for being my friend this summer. 

Day 15 / Day 8 (September 22): Thank you Jo and Agnieszka for feeding the cats! Thank you Nikhil, Yorgo and Anemona for putting your faith & money in me and keeping things going on kickstarter today. Thank you Iro, Melina, Niko, Faidra, Eileen, Naomi and Arek for facebook support & interaction. Thank you Agnieszka (again) for big support & lovely words. Thank you Jill for cheating & tweets. And thank you to everyone who’s stopped by the blog today. You all make me happy.

Day 14 / Day 7 (September 21): 
Thank you Athanasios, Nikos, Vanessa, Giti and Tamzin, my Sunday backers. Thank you Ariadne V for the lovely messages. Thank you Naomi, Eileen, Sue, Mark, Spyros, Niko, Melina, Aliki, Ariadne K, Fab, Malik, Faidra and Helen, for shares, comments and generally paying attention to me! Thank you Stelios for the huge pile of lamb chops that we consumed in a most unladylike way, and thank you Eleni for being the perfect eating partner on a perfect evening, when I even liked jazz.

Day 13 / Day 6 (September 20): Thank you Mark (a.k.a. Gianni) for keeping things going Up North. There may be a promotion in this for you. Thank you Susanne for unfailing support, in every kind of way. Thank you Ariadne K, Tarek, Katerina, Richard, Niko, Aliki, Spyro, Eileen, Iro, Niall, Ariadne V, Laura, Elly, Marie, Melina, Danai, Bryony and Julie, for shares and lovely words and general social media interaction. And thank you Antagonist, for keeping quiet today and letting me get on with things.

Day 12 / Day 5 (September 19): Thank you Katerina, Jill, Virginia, Raf, Nicos and Eleni: you made my day. Thank you Duncan for the magical blog post & tweets. Thank you Richard & Sue for consistent awesomeness. Thank you Jill, Nicos and Peter for the lovely messages. Thank you Polyna for loosening those bars a little bit. Thank Eleni for food nirvana & excellent presents. And thank you to all of you who keep reading and commenting and making sure I don’t get too lonely too soon.

Day 11 / Day 4 (September 18): Thank you Arek! Thank you Niko, my curtain twin. Thank you Malik – tequila night in the diary for January. Thank you Cousin; don’t forget Cavafy, and a modest kilo of lamb chops. Thank you, Ela – Sheffield rocks (though not as much as Lublin, apparently). Thank you Myrto, Emma, Ioanna, Costis, Marie & Simon, and Ola: you’re all amazing people.  

Day 10 / Day 3 (September 17): Thank you Richard for one of the most unselfishly, spontaneously thoughtful things anyone’s done for me, and thank you Sue for marrying such a man. Thank you Kaiti & Papsi the Cat for the crazy thing you did. Thank you Polyna, Danai, Pia and Aram for awesomeness & generosity. Thank you Ruth, for shares and experimentations. Thank you Elly for the excellent PR. Thank you Eileen for the chat and the ideas. Thank you Monika, Melina, Susanne, Katerina, Lina, Arek, Spyro, Jo, Niko, Tomek, Ariadne V, Iro, Ela and Aliki, for reading, liking and comments. Thank you Maro for the message. Thank you Eleni, for dinner and unsolicited dessert. And thank you to everyone who’s dropped by the blog today.

Day 9 / Day 2 (September 16): Thank you Sue & Richard for your support, for campaigning on my behalf, and for twitter magic. Thank you Ariadne V, Alexi, Tomek, Aaron and Siva for the contributions. Thank you Eleni for early morning pledging – you were getting a mention in the acknowledgements anyway. Thank you Esther, Ariadne K, Margarita, Melina, Susanne, Ruth & Dimitri for shares and tweets. Thank you Katerina, Julie, Ela, Mark, Sam & Nikhil for the messages. Thank you Eileen, for everything, every day. And thank you to everyone who keeps reading.

Day 8 / Day 1 (September 15): Thank you Spyro, Melina, Aliki, Johnny and Thalbir for your support and your generosity. Thank you to everyone who to took the time to read and share and helped spread the word today. And thank you Eleni, for the fish and the trousers and the victory dance.