It’s the Sacred Heart fiesta in El Paso this weekend, where they make archways and beautiful salt carpets. Here’s a few photos. These panels and archways area around the church and old church, and the street leading downhill from there. And the church gets decorated too, this year with pink calla lilies.
International Short Story Day
I missed it. Drat! Well, better late than never. Here’s a partial list of my stories and where you can find them online. Chick-Lit and Granny-Lit “Destroying Angel”: Jotter’s Pad; October 2001“Dream On”: UK women’s magazine Chat (circulation 500,000); May 2000 Fantasy “Some Day my Prince Will Go” November 2010 at Daily Science Fiction “Unreal Estate” October 2010 Wily Writers “The Mummy’s Curse”: April 2009 issue of Flash Fiction Online“ Titch”…
Summer Solstice
This evening will be the solstice, when the sun appears at its farthest north in the sky. For the northern hemisphere, it’s the longest day of the year. (And for the southern hemisphere, it’s the longest night of the year.) Cielos La Palma will be holding an activity on Wednesday 20th in El Paso, at the archeological site “El Verde”, which many believe was created to enable Awara observers to…
Unscheduled delight
The plan was to drop off an invoice at the Tourist board in Santa Cruz de La Palma, then take my laptop to Los Tilos to write at the bar there, and maybe have a stroll. It took ages to find the power cord for the laptop, and then I had to let it charge for a bit while I read email for a while. So one way and another,…
Los Tilos Waterfall
Canarian waterfalls aren’t common. There are lots of temporary waterfalls after heavy rain, but they tend to be very short-lived. But La Palma has two, pretty much year round. This one is in the Los Tilos biosphere reserve. From the visitor centre, you follow either the ravine or the water channel upstream. (If you follow the ravine, be prepared for some scrambling. If you follow the channel, bring a torch…
The Reward for Insomnia
I woke up at 6 am and couldn’t get back to sleep. By 6:20, I gave up trying, and went out onto the balcony to see if I could learn another constellation. I took one look at the moon and Venus, and then I dashed back inside for my camera.