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Ewan Lawrie

The picture is me signing copies of my novel, Gibbous House at Unbound Books HQ in Islington by the canal.
All three Moffat novels are available here

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Andalucian Sunrise

It was good sometimes... Image source is flicker.com no known copyright issues.
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Southwest

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
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Guiris

This is some time before 2011, when I rescued the Hard drive from a kaput komputer, before chucking the rest in the bin. Around 2016 I bought a hard-drive docking station; there are now two old hard drives docked. Sometimes I look back at old stuff, luckily I don't post it all. Guiri is an insult, pretty much, in Andalucia. It used to mean Guardia Civil when they couldn't serve in their home town. Now it means any stranger/foreigner/ex-pat. There are, or used to be, both of these pubs at either end of Alhaurin El Grande's main street. Images: google maps.

Broken Heartsong

image author's own made at canva.com
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Nursery Writes

There, I feel better now... Not for the easily offended. Image canva.com
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389 of my comments have received 425 Great Feedback votes

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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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Posted in Rakia Maria – Part Two of Two

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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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Posted in Rakia Maria – Part Two of Two

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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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Posted in Dragon Gate

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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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Posted in Don't Blame The River

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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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Posted in Cleanser of Demons

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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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Posted in Castell Coch (Red Castle)

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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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Posted in Castell Coch (Red Castle)

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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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Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part One of Four

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Make

Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023

 some jam...

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Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part Four of Four

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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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Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part Three of Four

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