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Yesterday was Holy Innocents Day on La Palma, which is roughly the equivalent of April Fool’s day in the UK. Since I had a headful of book translation, I couldn’t think of anything to tease anyone with. I got an idea this morning, when it’s too late. I bet I could have persuaded one or two people that the BBC’s Sky At Night wanted to interview me about my book….

On December 10th I ordered more copies of “A Breathtaking Window on the Universe” because stocks were getting low.  (What a wonderful problem to have!) The books left Seville on the 20th. And yesterday I actually ran out of books. So this morning I started editing the website, putting up “Temporarily out of stock” on all the relevant pages. I’d just finished when I got a phone call. Could he…

I had a really nice Christmas, thank you for asking.  I hope you did too.We had the friends-with-a-tiny-oven over again.  We all ate to much and drank too much,which was great. And at one point, I lay on the sofa and ate chocolatewhile Carlos fanned me, which was bliss.And now I have to get back to work on that translation.

La Palma is the first place in the world to get official recognition as a Starlight Reserve and Starlight Destination. (You can get an explanation of this at http://starisland.co.uk/649/starlight-reserve/) It’s a big deal, and people have worked hard on it. So the Cabildo held a bit of a party to celebrate, and all the Starlight guides got invited. I went of course.  Not for the speeches, but to clap, and congratulate…