FIRST OF ALL, I had better explain the title I have chosen for my story; it, of course, refers to Perth in Scotland.
To those of you not acquainted with Scotland, Perth was always known as the Fair City. What is sometimes forgotten is that Perth was the original capital of Scotland. In Roman [...]
BY CHARLI ROWE
NOW I AM not really one for sunbathing or even the sun, I have come to a mutual agreement with Helios that avoids me getting burnt, toasted, roasted, blistered, and red, with all complexions in between.
I envy those who have come to a more beneficial arrangement, golden brown sun kissed skin full of [...]
I’m sure you’ll all recognise that moment of complete peace and relaxation, somewhere between dozing and wakefulness: silence, stillness, weightless contentment. O what bliss that must be. You can forget it when you share your home with a Munchie.
If I get the desire to relax, the Munchie assumes I’m lying there waiting to be jumped [...]
A Debt Repaid in many ways
We had arrived here in southern Catalonia full of enthusiasm, expectation and perhaps a little apprehension, to start a new life in the campo surrounded by olive and citrus trees.
Our little finca, small in stature compared to the home we had left in England, gave us the promise of a [...]
