May 26, 2016
The sow’s bathing pool
ONCE UPON A TIME, a sow suffering from rheumatism made her way to a strange…
November 17, 2015
FUENTE FRÍA, PARIS AND ATOCHA
WE HAD OUR OWN moments of silence yesterday at noon, just as they did in…
November 8, 2015
HORNETS, BEGORRAH
SO UP I GO to the chestnut 'finca', 50 yards max from our front door on…
September 5, 2015
Masters of Extremadura
TO MADRID for my birthday, to meet Gaby on her way back from London and…
August 1, 2014
Singing and dancing
IN THE VILLAGE SQUARE, up on a wooden stage, dancers from a local group were hard…
July 31, 2014
Cork strippers
THEY'RE TAKING the cork harvest at a finca on the way down to the river. 'Why…
May 14, 2014
Bad as it could be
CLEMENTE CAUGHT ME by the fountain and we walked a few steps down among the stalls…