Monthly Archives: December 2012

Merry Christmas – dont be scared


Christmas is not complete without a tree; not just any tree but a proper Christmas tree though choosing one on a warm sunny day felt very weird last weekend. When I first moved to Spain it was almost impossible to … Continue reading

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Oh what a lovely war II


As a young boy in the early 1970s I watched M*A*S*H which was set in the Korean War that raged from1950 until 1953. Jolly funny it was too and only years later did I realise that my childhood laughs were … Continue reading

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Wee Willy Winkie


Well the socks finally escaped from the drawer and attached themselves to my feet. The gas fire was lit for the first time at the weekend so it’s all downhill from here on in until next spring. Two years ago … Continue reading

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Oh what a lovely war


The start of 20th Century signalled the demise of the 700 year old Ottoman Empire which was centred around modern day Turkey; it was a bloody end however and they went down fighting slaughtering over 2.5 million Macedonians, Armenians, Assyrians, … Continue reading

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