Equus Asinus

Hello. I’ve had a few prompts from people in these past weeks, but I do not actually need prompting, thank you. In emails or in social media, the question has arisen: are you not continuing your blog? Elsewhere, in other places I have written, readers have asked: “Have you stopped writing?” Well I suppose I … More This blog continues in its own time

Retirement brings many projects. Some prove futile, such as my grand ambition to grow my own vegetables. It would have been useful to start out with good soil, but my kitchen garden soil was destroyed with chemical weedkiller by the previous owner of this property. No amount of donkey manure will ever revive it; but … More The Magic Mountain

We suggested a visit to Lola for some time but the unusually wet spring has meant the plan was postponed. Lola is the 4-year old donkey of Hilario and Julie, who has not seen another donkey since they bought her. Since we have recently both enjoyed the excellent services of the same equine vet (Cristina … More Matilde and Aitana visit Lola

Rubí writes her Tuesday blogue I have spent the past eleven years being mostly bewildered. There was a Peasant who came to visit Matilde and me every weekend in the stables at Parcent, bringing carrots. We had not seen carrots before. Then one day we were loaded into señor Campo Gandara’s horsebox and we were … More Beyond Bewilderment