Tag: Spain
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No Myths, No Ornaments
No myths, no ornaments – Originally Published: Sligo, December 2022 Below is an annotated and sourced transcript of Our Last Day at the Centre of the World in PDF format. For additional notes on the film, skip to ‘Notes’ in the text below. our-last-day-at-the-centre-of-the-worldDownload nuestro-ultimo-dia-en-el-centro-del-mundoDownload Another year. It seems like yesterday that I finished up
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El Desierto de Tabernas – the Desert of Legends
El Desierto de Tabernas – the Desert of Legends – Originally Published: Cordoba, May 2022 “No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green trees”. Face to face now. Goat-meat and ripe figs upon his breath. Gentle warmth off his dark, neatly bearded face, cool light in his searching blue eyes. They search the soul.
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Something has changed
Semana Santa in Córdoba – Originally Published: Cordoba, April 2022 Evening. Shadows scale the ancient city walls, creeping upwards; blue silhouettes stretching across the warm granite. The first warm evening of the year tastes of pollen and incense. Somewhere within the medina a procession is marching towards the Mezquita. Dull echoes of bass drums ricochet through
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Searching for Tartessos
Searching for Tartessos (supporting document) – Originally Published: Cordoba, December 2021 “It was a great and wealthy city In ancient times. Now it is poor, now it is small, Now it is forsaken. Now it is a heap of ruins.” – Avienus Six centuries before Julius Caesar and the sons of Pompey clashed in civil
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South South West
South South West: Marseille to Cordoba – Originally Published: Cordoba, July 2021 Last sunset in Marseille Maybe it’s because I’m Irish. Cold winters, wet summers, the occasional sighting of a pale, watery, semi-mythical sun between brief breaks in the relentless drizzle. Two dry weeks in July – that was a lovely summer, wasn’t it? Or maybe