Saturday, December 08, 2007

And on the right you can see . . .

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I am rapidly developing a propriatorial attitude towards Barcelona. With Haydn as a visitor over the last few days I showed off Barcelona wi...
Wednesday, December 05, 2007

The best laid plans etc

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In the cold light of day the tree looks even more restrained than I feared. There is a law which states that however much you spend on Chris...
Sunday, December 02, 2007

Music! Lights! Vegetation!

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Toni has bought a guitar. An electric guitar. It could have been worse: it could have been a violin. At least with the learning pangs of thi...
Saturday, December 01, 2007

Music denied!

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Part of the point of the short story by William Golding about a young boy taking piano lessons years ago in a small village was that his tea...
Friday, November 30, 2007

Down Sir Cynic, down!

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Watching ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ (Clint Eastwood, 1995) was like listening to a piece of self indulgent Philip Glass: immediately in...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Look around you!

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I am not one to be intimidated by power and influence. I speak out fearlessly against the forces of repression and oppression. As assiduous ...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

One has to eat!

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A sea side town out of season is an ambiguous place. Everything is the same and different. Some places have closed and others have opened. T...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Nile Revisited

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Grand Opera should not be viewed from the Gods. There was no higher or further back from my seat last night. The fifth tier of seating was ...
Monday, November 26, 2007

Ripped off!

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It’s amazing what a restaurant at the sea front of Sitges can get away with in terms of value for money. We had a meal today sitting outsid...
Saturday, November 24, 2007

Return or Not

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Taking things back is one of the great indicators of character that exists. The world divides into ‘those that do’ and ‘those that don’t’ – ...
Friday, November 23, 2007

Surely not!

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I want you to cast your memories back (if they go back that far) to the halcyon days of British television. Have you done that? OK. Now I wa...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Forbidden words

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‘Finance’ is a word which causes unease in the calmest person. Though I suspect that the word ‘budgeting’ strikes positive fear of a poignar...
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Goal!

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Today I worked on a lesson plan for poetry. Friday I am due to see the doctor. Perhaps it is just in time! Rather than dwell on worksheets b...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

The tyrrany of the printed word!

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My books delight and depress me. Today has been given over to a more serious sort out than the unsatisfactory tinkerings that I have attempt...
Monday, November 19, 2007

A Warning!

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Never sit opposite a lone diner in a restaurant. I speak from experience: I am often that lone diner. There are two techniques that are adop...
Sunday, November 18, 2007

Wine and Music!

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I was astonished to see a little notice on the table in the restaurant in Gava where we had gone for Sunday lunch stating that “Beaujolais N...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

A Night of Horror!

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There is little to be said for going it alone when visiting the video club. Video choice is the most striking everyday example of the imposs...
Friday, November 16, 2007

A fleeting visit!

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I am now convinced that the powers that be have determined that I will not work at my chosen profession in Spain! This time the teaching got...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Reality?

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It had to happen sooner or later! Tomorrow I become a biology teacher for two days. My qualifications for this post are based on a single ye...