January 2015 – Sheila Crosby

“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” Chapter 6

“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean. Full disclosure: If you buy the book through the link, it won’t cost you any more, but I’ll get a few pennies. But my main motivation for doing this is to understand the book properly. What follows is my summary of the chapter. ================================================================= [Quick interjection from Sheila. This chapter deals with mental illnesses, which tend to be misunderstood by the general public….

January 30, 2015

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Peace Day

eace Day doves at an infant school, Breña Baja

January 29, 2015

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Spain stayed out of both world wars, so they don’t celebrate Remembrance Day in November. They have Peace Day instead, which schools celebrate on January 30th. In Primary school they wear something white, or mostly white (if the children remembered to tell Mummy), and usually they go into the village centre and sing a song. At high school, the teachers try to work a peace theme into the lesson. For…

She’s Back!

My enthusiasm came back! She’s sitting on my shoulder, with that lovely silky fur snuggled up against my neck. On Sunday morning I read in Writer’s News about a competition for page-turning novels run by a writers’ agency. Unlike most such competitions, they were prepared to look at “almost complete drafts” as well as finished ones. And I have an almost complete draft of a whodunnit set in the observatory….

January 27, 2015

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“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” Chapter 5

“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean. Full disclosure: If you buy the book through the link, it won’t cost you any more, but I’ll get a few pennies. But my main motivation for doing this is to understand the book properly. What follows is my summary of the chapter. I’m going to try to go faster. I want to get to the practical advice, and I suspect other people…

January 24, 2015

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About Sheila Crosby

January 23, 2015

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I came here with a six-month contract to work at the observatory, fell in love with the place, and stayed. It’s been twenty years so far, and I still feel smug every time I see a plane leaving. Because I get to stay. So when I got made redundant from my job at the observatory, I retrained as a tour guide, specialising in astronomy. As far as I know, La…

New statue in San José

San José in Breña Baja has a new statue to celebrate mothers. The square outside the Town Hall is called Plaza de Las Madres – Mother’s Square, and they have a special celebration for Mother’s Day.

January 23, 2015

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