August in Andalusia is very hot. There's no point in attempting any hyperbolic description to convey how hot it gets. Every summer we would travel north, northeast, northwest anywhere to escape the heat - for at least a fortnight. If we went to the right place, it would be cool, but not wet. For a lot of years, Andalusia did feel like home. Image is of Galicia, destination for just one of our escapist excursions, but a picture of Cantabria, Asturias or Navarre would have done: source PXHere
This is Today's Pick of the Day July 26th 2023
Posted on Wed, 26 Jul 2023
Congratulations! This is today's Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
This laugh-out-loud description of Anglo-Bulgarian social interaction is a hoot.
Please share and/or retweet, thread, mastadon, whatever this ABC-Talers.
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"I did what I did for Maria."
Posted on Wed, 26 Jul 2023
and doubtless you did it with no fee-ar.
You always cheer me up no end.
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This is Today's Pick of the Day July 19th 2023
Posted on Mon, 17 Jul 2023
Congratulations, this is our Pick of the Day, today.
Please share/retweet/threadify/whatever it is you do in the way of social media, dear ABC-ers.
Well done, Paul.
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I love rivers
Posted on Fri, 14 Jul 2023
We really should look after them better than we do, and show them the respect that they are due. All true beauty is dangerous too.
(Can't believe that rhymes, it WAS an accident, but I'll leave it anyway).
Thanks for reading and...
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As good as anything
Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023
I've read on here for a while. Marvellous. Well done.
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Congratulations! This is Today's Pick of the Day July 12th 2023
Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023
Strong narrative and imagery in this fine poem takes us along on the guided tour of the eponymous castle, that's why it's today's Pick of the Day.
Please spread the word on whatever is your social medium of choice, dear ABC-ers.
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I wonder if it is a corruption of another word,
Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023
that often happens over time. A candidate might be Cloch, which means bell, I believe. However, historians and archaelogists will have pored over such possibilities for years.
I only point it out, because - as you may very well know -...
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Congratulations, this is our Story of the Week 7th July 2023
Posted on Wed, 05 Jul 2023
Well done, this and the other three parts are jointly awarded Story of the Week.
Please share on social media, readers, if you can.
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Make
Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023
some jam...
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BTW
Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023
Loving the photographs. How great to still have them all.
Excellent.
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