Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Always another page

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Catalonia is the one country in the world where I can celebrate St George’s Day with a clear conscience and no feeling of disloyalty to Wale...
Monday, November 05, 2007

Open your eyes!

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The visit of my cousin Judith to Barcelona was a case of “not only but also” in the best sense. It has been quite a time since we last met a...
Thursday, November 01, 2007

And on your right . . .

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Days slip by and palsied fingers touch not the inviting keys of the computer. I used the adjective advisedly because I have succumbed to the...
Sunday, October 28, 2007

Cheers!

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I have now seen the ultimate height of idiocy in Spanish driving. While driving at night in Castelldefels coming up to a busy roundabout, I ...
Thursday, October 25, 2007

You are too late!

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First things first: let me wish you all a happy and prosperous United Nations Day FOR YESTERDAY! Yes, if you were planning to celebrate Unit...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Forestalling elegant excess

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One of the many things that I despise about Windows is that it makes executive decisions without reference to the poor user who has paid out...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Keep taking the tablets

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Incipient colds are lurking at the edges of our physical health. Toni looks a little groggy and has taken some efficient looking powders to ...
Monday, October 22, 2007

The Music Plays On and On and On

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Why do so many programmes on Spanish television have low level background music? Some news programmes have wildly inappropriate music playin...
Thursday, October 18, 2007

Free and easy

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There is a naked man on the beach. In Spain this does not usually constitute news as there are many nude beaches along the coasts, but I was...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Doctor in the house!

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In the old days, before the introduction of the National Health Service, people had to pay for their medical services at the time that they ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Another test past!

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Another milestone. This is blog number 300! And as I typed those words, outside the rain started to fall. Is this, I ask myself, significant...
Monday, October 15, 2007

A touch of sobriety almost

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The trouble with the mountain on which the Monastery of Montserrat is situated is that it looks out of place in Europe. The landscape leadin...
Saturday, October 13, 2007

I was weak and I did eat!

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“The word ‘Inexplicable’ is,” as no writer I know has said, “a moveable feast.” What is blindingly obvious and necessary to one person can a...
Friday, October 12, 2007

Medical Merriment!

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My anomalous status continues to confuse the Spanish medical system. The medical centre to which I am now (at least partially) affiliated ha...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Some things go right!

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A day to mark with a white stone. Not only lunch with Caroline, but also finding (at last) the correct lead for my in-car navigator. I shoul...
Tuesday, October 09, 2007

The roads to nowhere

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You can tell that the summer season is over in Castelldefels because the road system is now in chaos. A seaside town relies on the summer tr...
Sunday, October 07, 2007

Bite on!

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I am beginning to understand that there are seasons in the battle between mosquito and man. When I first arrived in Castelldefels I thought ...
Saturday, October 06, 2007

It's all around you!

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“Be watchful! Be vigilant; for your enemy, the devil, prowls around seeking whom he may devour!” As my access to the internet is, to put it...
Friday, October 05, 2007

How clean?

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The principal I know is simple: use the brush to bring the dust together into a little heap and then use the pan-on-a-stick to gather the du...
Thursday, October 04, 2007

These things are sent to try us!

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It’s not often that you find an organization that you can cordially detest more than Microsoft. Trying to register with a doctor has exhaust...