The Cistercian convent of the Holy Trinity at Buenavista in Breña Alta is surprisingly new. It was founded in 1946, and it’s the only closed order on the island. I was surprised to find out that there are only ten nuns who live there. The convent has a small shop. I first went there about ten years ago, in search of a rosary made of dragon-tree seeds, for a Catholic…
The Seer’s Stone
Yay! The copies of The Seer’s Stone have finally arrived! The book is now on sale from the Dragon Tree product page, and from shops in Santa Cruz and Los Cancajos. Twelve adventures under La Palma’s amazing starry sky. Take a journey through La Palma’s turbulent past, into its present and out into the exciting future. Chedey will tell you how his world collapsed when the Spanish conquered the Island…
Stories for Children set on La Palma
Copies of “The Seer’s Stone” have arrived, and the book is now on sale from our product page, and from three shops in Los Cancajos. It should be available elsewhere soon. Twelve adventures under La Palma’s amazing starry sky. Take a journey through La Palma’s turbulent past, into its present and out into the exciting future. Chedey will tell you how his world collapsed when the Spanish conquered the Island…
The 60s Wedding – Los Sauces Carnival
Photos of the 60s wedding provided by the Cafe Marex, Los Llanos de Aridane.
Our Solar System, to scale
Josh Worth has created what he calls a “tediously accurate scale model of the Solar System: If the moon were only 1 pixel There’s lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of empty space out there. Josh Worth ha creado lo que él llama un modelo de “escala tediosamente exacta del Sistema Solar: Si la luna…
Pillow lava
Pillow lava is formed underwater, on the sea-bed. When the lava comes out and hits the sea water, the outside cools and freezes pretty much immediately, while the inside keeps on flowing. That means that it forms tube, which lengthens and widens until the pressure at the inlet end breaks open the tube and starts a new one. So you get the tubes interlocking. This is how La Palma grew…