Un-Economy #2
FRANCISCO could see that I was not best pleased about my gasless air-con unit. 'The pipe has a hole in it.' He assured me...
Un-Economy
THIS will be my first summer with a fully functioning (hopefully) air-con - it's a long story, but the bottom line is that when...
Simplicity sought
THE microwaves sat in a long row, silent and inscrutable, and all looking pretty much the same apart from the price tags.
Due to the...
Disaster – the sequel
THE Empress, who had dominated our kitchen for so many years, and upon whom I relied so heavily in times of hunger, was in...
The dog’s day
EVERY dog, they say, has his day. And Lucy, The Dog That Is Not Ours, had her day recently. She was trotting ahead of...
What happened next #2
I LEFT the Farmacia of the sainted Felix and drove home, concentrating on how to remedy the slur on the House of Biggs.
As I...
What happened next
THOSE who know me also know that I am more than dissatisfied by my experiences with the execution of the Funeral Plan and with...
Ocular conundrum
PETER had once again thwarted the telly’s ambition of non-compliance with my wishes, even if I asked it ever so nicely.
He had returned...
To streak or not to streak #2
Embarrassing does not adequately describe my predicament.
I was separated by the open hallway from modesty and my bathrobe and someone was at the...
To streak or not to streak
IT was somewhat later than my usual showering hour, because I had done the fireplace first. Thus I was in my fireplace cleaning clothes,...
Not always right
WE learn through life that some opinions are right and true, and some are disproved by the relentless march of time.
As a child...
The dark side of the moon #3
I WAS still not confident that the English speaker, despite speaking very good English, had fully grasped the situation of our fire.
If her local...
The dark side of the moon #2
THE English speaker had grasped the bones of the situation - we had a fire in the campo, and we wanted the Bomberos.
‘Where...
The dark side of the moon
OUR doorbell had decided to work, so I noticed that someone wished to speak to us.
As the doorbell had made a special effort, and...
Hieronymus
I am no particular fan of housework - it is not a pleasure, but it must be done.
It is a chore, and gets...
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