Reel Around the Fountain
One of my pivotal reference points of the 1980s is The Smiths' song Reel Around the Fountain. That's what was playing in the car when we...
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- Jun 2, 2011
- 2 min
Wonderful Life
Have you ever seen the classic Jimmy Stewart movie It’s a Wonderful Life? No, you haven’t? Oh, ok then. Well, anyway, Stewart plays a...
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- May 26, 2011
- 2 min
Where the streets are paved with gold
It’s odd. I now have more luggage carrying capacity than I have actual luggage. My meagre worldly possessions consist of, amongst other...
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- May 20, 2011
- 2 min
50 Not Out
On the face of it things are pretty grim. I’ve turned 50, am divorced, homeless, jobless and bankrupt and find myself living in a foreign...
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- May 17, 2011
- 2 min
La Cukaracha
Cockroaches can live for ages after their heads have been cut off. They only die because they eventually starve. They can also survive...
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- Oct 14, 2010
- 1 min
October 14th Mostly
The suicide of ecstasy a pool ball on the floor in a bottle, craves a fantasy no harm to have one more dignity is lost amidst the macho...
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- Oct 8, 2010
- 2 min
The bars of La Zubia
According to wikipedia there are 67 bars in La Zubia. Not bad for a town with a population of 17,000. That means there is a bar for...
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- Oct 6, 2010
- 1 min
October 6th - One Day in the Tense Present
at once I see it now in the trees of my woods but my wings refuse to fly and still you hang around my neck a necktie that will strangle...
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- Aug 30, 2010
- 3 min
Andalucian Life
As the 7th month of my arrival arrives and duly passes I thought it a good time to post some reflections: Top thirteen things about...
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- Jun 10, 2010
- 1 min
Falling
I'm feeling the pressure again and am trying to get through one week at a time. Always a good time to paint a self portrait.
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- May 22, 2010
- 1 min
Where was I?
Sorry to have kept you. So spring came and went, in a matter of a few short weeks, and we appear to have careered head first into summer....
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- Apr 12, 2010
- 2 min
All change
The painting's taking a back seat again as other matters come to the fore. I have an increase in TEFL work, and am dealing with a...
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- Apr 10, 2010
- 1 min
La Zubia man lodges complaint
ESPN news Police in a suburb of Granada were this morning investigating a bizarre incident that has left an octogenerian English...
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- Apr 2, 2010
- 1 min
Cumbres Verdes
Some photographs taken from a recent trek into the Sierras to the small village of Cumbres Verdes.
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- Mar 27, 2010
- 2 min
Covirant
The other day I was wandering down the Calle Pablo Picasso in La Zubia when I chanced upon a strange sight. The Coviran was open. Unusual...
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- Mar 21, 2010
- 2 min
The La Zubia Redemption
I was spaced out for three days last week with cranial abnormalities. I had acute something, which had been caused by a tiny scrap of...
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- Mar 12, 2010
- 2 min
Granada Hoy
My Spanish is still very weak and will remain so for some time but I was perusing the local newspaper rag this evening when I chanced...
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- Mar 8, 2010
- 2 min
Snippets
Noise from the upstairs apartment continues unabated. Their inventiveness never wanes though it has to be said the old staples remain at...
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- Mar 5, 2010
- 2 min
Salty Towers
As everyone knows, your average one and a half inch anchovy contains more salt than is present in the whole of the Dead Sea. Eat more...
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- Mar 3, 2010
- 2 min
Living is easy with eyes closed
A few quickies: I got my NIE sorted last week and maybe forgot to let you know. It was only slightly painful and I got the distinct...
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