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Paperwork for publishers.

I just got back from a long weekend in El Hierro. I did it again you know.  I thought I’d have finished the book by now, so I booked a long weekend away to relax and celebrate. And I haven’t finished.  so the “holiday” was punctuated with checking proofs for the book, and chasing up the ISBN and “Deposito Legal” and so on.  In addition to the photos I’d promised…

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Pre-hispanic Ceramics in Mazo

Inside the workshop at El Molino The Benahoaritas (or Auaritas or Awaras) were the people who lived on La Palma before the Spanish invasion. They lived in caves and wore animal skins, but they farmed, and they had ceramics. The older ceramics are simpler, and the newer ones usually more decorated. At El Molino, in Mazo, they make replicas of these ceramics. The business was started by Ramon and Vina,…

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Churros

Churros are a “sometimes” food. They’re high calorie, high fat, high sugar and low vitamins. And delicious, especially when it’s a bit cold. You make a mixture something like pancake batter, but without egg and thicker, and use a giant syringe to squirt a big spiral of it into hot oil. When it’s fried, you cut it into strips perhaps 6″ long, and serve it with very thick hot chocolate….

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Churros

Churros are a “sometimes” food. They’re high calorie, high fat, high sugar and low vitamins. And delicious, especially when it’s a bit cold. You make a mixture something like pancake batter, but without egg and thicker, and use a giant syringe to squirt a big spiral of it into hot oil. When it’s fried, you cut it into strips perhaps 6″ long, and serve it with very thick hot chocolate….

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Art exhibition in Santa Cruz

Merche Martin and Jorge Beda have an exhibition of their paintings up at the Law school (colegio de abogados) in Santa Cruz de La Palma until the end of the month, called “Parallel Universes”. The exhibition will be open from Monday to Saturday 10:30 – 13:30 and 18:00 – 20:30. Don’t miss it!

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