Regular reader prompts tardy writer to update events in Spain ... so here we go ...
The two English and atypical expats offer more insights into local life, life in general, the meaning of it and so on ... both eschew publicity, so no pics or further biographical detail available ... suffice it to say the plans for the few weeks in Torreguadiaro have changed several times ... the dog sitting requirement has fallen away, fortunately for the six assorted and very friendly mutts ... living the good life downstairs, whilst the visitor has an apartment upstairs and a pool in the yard to use ... and maybe recommend to suitable friends ... get in touch if you are interested ... the issue here, as with so many expats hereabouts, is isolation and somehow hooking up with like-minded folks to share the facilities ... fly via Gibraltar, a short bus ride away!
Yanis Varoufakis provides an enthralling explanation of the skulduggery of the powerful entities of the EU, who, having drawn the southern European countries into a common currency and vast loans, are covering their irresponsible lending by pretending that extending further loans to pay off the previous unpayable debts will somehow work, whilst imposing drastic punishment on the common people through austerity measures ... the effect of which are to shrink those economies along with the tax base required to repay the ever increasing debts ...
Looking like a world leader, with his intellectuality in harmony with his humanity and a good measure of erudition and wit to boot, it comes as a surprise, having been shafted by the EU and IMF establishment, allied with Greece's own plutocrats, that he defends the EU, albeit a seriously reformed version ...
Leisurely walk along the coast to Sabinillas unearths plenty of further reading material, including the wonderful Alan James' "The Unfolding of Wisdom" ... and a link to the Buddhist Retreat House he set up in Bradford on Avon, The House of Inner Tranquillity. .. maybe worth a visit one day ...
In a minor modern drama, the main window on the world, Facebook, appears to have suffered identity theft issues ... just when the very concept of a separate self has been seen, the illusory image on social media has a double, this one presumably with dishonest intent ... anyway, a friend sounds the alarm and if you receive a second request to link up on FB, that will be my dodgy alter-ego ...
As for the interesting filter on the photo of the small piece of Britain visible from the apartment window, that's the mosquito screen ... though they have been few and far between up to now, just the odd one on nocturnal missions ...
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