Down to the Blue Song for the Friday gathering. Chat with Caroline about the early history of Cyprus. She’s an archaeologist and very knowledgeable and has some suggestions for reading material. It’s a part of the world where civilization goes back before written records and so it’s not always easy to establish who the occupants of the island were and when.
It’s impossible to live here without being struck by the lush fertility despite the water shortages. And some of the food we eat regularly has a long history here. Wheat and barley and lentils were cultivated here in the Bronze Age. Probably also rye. Figs, almonds and pistachios have a very long history as well, as do olives and grapes - and wine making. So when we have lentil soup and bread we’re taking part in a tradition that is not centuries but millennia old.
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