Gibraltar’s sudden rise to prominence in the Brexit negotiations has resulted in the predictable proliferation of ignorant comments and opinions that the internet seems to excel in. I have read an amazing amount of tosh. So, to counteract said tosh, here are some facts given that I have lived in Spain and Gib for nearly […]Read Post ›
Día de Andalucía And … Tosca’s gotcha day. Or got us day. Or whatever. It’s a year since the pathetic underweight timid bitch followed Partner and Snowy home. I swear she has doubled in size. Naughty fat girl. We put it down to her being underfed before, and maybe being malnourished when she was pregnant. […]Read Post ›
Partner picked up an interesting chair. Not as good as my find, but solid and quite nice. Struck me as slightly frenchified, Louis whateverish. Meanwhile my prize mirror find was taken back to the finca and plonked on the top of drawers where it makes a rather good match. Our Gib neighbour has an extremely […]Read Post ›
The infamous scene of The Accident. Or, is it the scene of The Infamous Accident? Whatever. Dear readers of more than two years may remember the fifteen-day stay in hospital due to the Broken Ankle. (Oh dear, caps fetish setting in.) And readers of roughseas of even more yore, or more years, may even remember […]Read Post ›
Yesterday was World Vegan Day. Not that I knew about it until I read about it on someone else’s blog who has vegan aspirations, eats no dairy but does eat fish. A vegan pescatarian perhaps? Years ago, we went on a holiday from hell (top tip: avoid Ramblers’ Association cross-country skiiing holidays) and were the […]Read Post ›
Those star ratings again! I have searched for ages to find out how both Amazon and Goodreads define their star ratings but nowhere is it on their websites. NB Am and GR, please sort. Pronto. A quick search on ’tInties tells me to hover over the stars. Well either Halpad just doesn’t want to play […]Read Post ›
Firstly a big congratulations to Cynthia Reyes on winning the Diamond Book Award for An Honest House. Very well deserved. As one of the judges on the panel for the award, I can say that all the finalists were of a high standard and there was an excellent diversity in the five books selected. Well […]Read Post ›
National Day – 10 September – came and went. No we didn’t dress up and parade/limp up and down Main Street. In fact I don’t think I went out at all. I’ve pulled my knee again which doesn’t lead to successful walking on dodgy pins amongst the hordes. Especially if they’ve been drinking. There isn’t […]Read Post ›
Let’s make this short and sweet. These are the top ten that come to mind from the books I’ve read over the last few months. Factual accuracy The best one I read this week was by an American author who set her book in London. She had her main character investing five million dollars in […]Read Post ›
What’s not to love about conspiracies? And conspiracy theories? And It couldn’t happen here? Lying, controlling governments? When I got the chance to read a story about an investigative blogger, would-be journalist, trying to expose an organisation imposing a draconian regime for public safety, how could I resist? The CleanSweep Conspiracy, by Chuck Waldron, is […]Read Post ›
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