Neighbours
Thirty two degrees is far above the norm for September and I'm sleeping with the shutters half way down and the windows wide open. The mosquitoes are tearing me up.…
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October 19, 2026
Vaca flaca – then and now
Vaca Flaca, skinny cow (also the name of a clothes shop I frequented in 90's Madrid), has been subject to a substantial re-org. The bathroom, single bed and balcony are…
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September 19, 2026
Al interior
Time spent in Galicia centred on the coast for the first years: the tiny tower in Estribela, trips to Vigo and Pontevedra, a boyfriend in Bueu. Horizons widened when I…
September 29, 2025
Buying a House on WhatsApp
If it wasn’t for the lockdowns, home-working, home-schooling and little else to do for light relief other than have one-too-many in the garden or doom-scroll on socials, I wouldn’t have…
March 23, 2025
