Monday, August 10, 2009

Life is hard in its details

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Some things are worth suffering in the short term so that you can luxuriate in the delight of their not happening in the long term. For most...
Sunday, August 09, 2009

A confusion of days

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Tempted by Emma to luxuriate on the beach has necessitated the liberal application of After Sun. And I thought that I had acclimatized so we...
Friday, August 07, 2009

It's quite simple really!

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I have been taught many things in my life. And I am deeply grateful for the knowledge that I have gained. I have been taught to tell the tim...
Wednesday, August 05, 2009

It's a beach of a life!

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This is the sort of weather that flays. Bright sunshine with a brisk breeze little short of a wind. The beach (god, lying next to the sea is...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009

'Read' the books!

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Our preparation for our next British visitor has been relaxed not to say complacent. We are already feeling like a professional accommodatio...
Monday, August 03, 2009

The problems of paper

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A cloudy start to the day. One has to have faith (based on experience!) to believe that the sun will make an appearance. I don’t mind it bei...
Sunday, August 02, 2009

Bon voyage!

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Our first British visitors take their leave with clouds rather spoiling the sunshine but perhaps preparing them for the weather of their nat...
Saturday, August 01, 2009

Every day and in every way I am getting poorer and poorer!

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Our bikes are stolen! I take is as a sign from whatever debased deity might be chuckling about the affairs of human kind that I am too young...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

And another thing . . .

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Today is the last day on which we can make a list of faults that we have found with the house. Given the odd dictates of our contract, after...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

That's the way the wind blows

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The weather map shown on television last night was one of those time lapse things which show weather fronts on the move. Every nasty thing t...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Count to ten!

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The legend surrounding the Gordian Knot is one of those powerful stories whose power lies in the fact that the story embodies an essential k...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Shopping is Hell!

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Our visitors will be delighted to know that we now have bedding for them. This was purchased in a supermarket in Sant Boi which I prefer to ...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Present day horror

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Was it not W C Fields who said (and if he didn’t who cares) that anyone who hates dogs and children can’t be all bad? Live where I live and ...
Saturday, July 25, 2009

Keep the books comming.

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A day that can almost be classified as normal! Apart that is from taking back a tower fan to Gavá – and it providing another instance of how...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Invasion!

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What does a visit from very small children and the Nazi party have in common? I realize that most parents with historical flair will be able...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Big is not always beautiful

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What a glorious load of old Grand Guignol rubbish ‘Turandot’ is. A guilty pleasure if ever there was one! The production which I saw last ni...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

And the next please!

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One case against The Owner of The School That Sacked Me done; the next has now begun. With the delicacy of touch which characterizes The Own...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Partial Justice!

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Result! The Owner of The School That Sacked Me has been forced to pay almost 20,000€ to two teachers in the school who were sacked by that u...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Screw fixing!

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I think that the future financial standing of certain shops in the Castelldefels/Gava/ Sant Boi area are directly dependent on our continuin...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

Art for design's sake?

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Some of the paintings are up on the walls! Apart, of course, from books, there is nothing that contributes so much to making a house a home ...