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• September 26, 2024

  Thank You

  These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of setting up, publishing, and getting the word out for Fede’s Letters, and I am exhausted. I would like to express my gratitude to several people. First, to John, who has supported my journey to become an author. Now that Fede’s Letters is for sale, I’ll have…

• September 13, 2024

  No Pasaran!

  This rallying cry would have been known to Fede even though Dolores Gomez coined the phrase in madrid where the Republicans wwere under seige from General Franco’s armies. On November 8, 1936, if you were standing along the Gran Vía in Madrid, you would have heard a stirring speech by Dolores Ibárruri, who coined the…

• November 25, 2021

  From ruin to writing room

• September 26, 2021

  Removing scratches from spectacles.

  Between each visit to the opticians my eyes change very little, but I have to buy new specs because my previous pairs are so badly scratched. Therefore, each visit costs between €400/600! My latest pair, which I’ve only worn for best! Never laid them lense down, always cleaned with either water and liquid soap or…

• July 9, 2021

  The Rise of the She-Shed.

  Because the weather so far this month has been mild, we’ve been able to get outside and continue building my She-Shed. Even though the trend, since lockdown, has encouraged those who have to work from home, to erect a timber room in the garden, mine was in the planning stage long before anyone thought of…

• June 9, 2021

  The Wrong Knickers and Research.

  I’ve been itching since forever to get down to the south-west point of Galicia and visit the Castro at A Guarda. It’s the place where Amalie meets up with the boatmen from her village and collects her goods to sell. Although there are many photographs of the stone houses, ruined and reconstructed, on the internet,…