GAZETTE

Published by My Big Fat Funny Life

Volume I, Number 019 September 20, 2026

A weekly-ish dispatch from Greece, with questionable authority and excellent coffee.

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I Left for Many Reasons. I Came Back for One.

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I Left for Many Reasons. I Came Back for One.

To rediscover my homeland, and fall in love with Greece again.

I left Greece for many reasons, but I came back for one: to rediscover my homeland, and fall in love again. Some were practical. Some were ambitious. Some were the kind you…

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Cigarettes and Yiayia: The Ultimate Greek GPS

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Cigarettes and Yiayia: The Ultimate Greek GPS

Because Google might know the route, but Yiayia knows the truth.

In Greece, distances weren’t measured in kilometers but in cigarettes—and directions came with gossip. Before Google Maps, before Apple told us to…

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Public Works, Greek Edition: Dig, Patch, Repeat

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Public Works, Greek Edition: Dig, Patch, Repeat

How one road turns into a motocross track, an archaeological site, and an international tourist attraction — all in a single summer.

In most countries, public construction has a start date, an end date, and in between… a lot of orange cones. In Greece,…

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At 3:00 PM, Greece Disappears

Tuesday · September 22

At 3:00 PM, Greece Disappears

There are many things Greece does not explain to you when you move here. The paperwork, for example. The plumbing. The driving. The mystery of why every appointment is both “tomorrow” and “we’ll see.” But one of the greatest cultural shocks in…

Never Pick a Fight With a Retired Greek

Thursday · September 24

Never Pick a Fight With a Retired Greek

I have some free advice for corporations everywhere. Add two questions to your customer complaint form. How old are you? Are you currently employed? This is not discrimination. It is risk assessment. If the answers come back over sixty and retired or…

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Reader Voices

A few voices from readers of this issue.

“I so feel this. When I was spending more summers in Greece , I tried to catch every Πανηγύρι I could find to dance. And when cars still had tape recorders (yes, it’s been a while) I have been running up and down my greek music singing out loud. 🤣😅 μεράκλισμενη”

— Claudia | Hunger auf mehr For: Meraklosa – When the Music Gets Inside You

““Some Greek words do not need to be remembered. They simply wait.” This made me smile because, being a Greek and living here actually, I have seen that little ritual countless times and almost stopped noticing it. Yet the moment you described the banknote touching her head, I knew exactly what was happening before I even reached the word seftes. Perhaps some gestures become so deeply woven into a place that we only notice how much they mean when someone tells their story...”

— From the Shore You Cannot See For: Σεφτές – Seftés

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