Welcome to this diary blog about life in Spain with donkeys. The equusasinus.net blog was preceded by the brotherlapin.wordpress.com blog, now defunct but can still be seen.
After two weeks of insulting Europeans the USA has successfully turned us against them. That was the moment when we said Goodbye America. For me, the final straw was a cruel and disgusting remark about a mule that came from a US general. The American attacks on Europe began at the Munich Security Conference, with … More Goodbye America
Here is my film review, in the format prepared for publication in Where Peter Is – an online Catholic publication. Update 22 April 2025: I wrote this in March and Pope Francis died on 21 April, so a real conclave follows and my guess is that it will be every bit as fraught as the … More “Conclave” – a film review
We live in spectacular mountain scenery here in Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, south-eastern Spain. It is more than eight years since I moved my donkeys here to ‘El Parral’ which is just at the end of the Jurassic spine of Castallets, down there in the shadows in the lower right-hand side of … More Aitana: what’s behind my donkey’s name?
This article was written in Spanish as a contribution to the Periódico de Ibiza, following a short article they published in the first week of December 2024 recording the death of Clive Crocker the founder of the Bar Domino and Clive’s Bar in the 1960s. When I read of the death of Clive Crocker in … More Homage to the Bar Domino
Part 2 of my blog series is published in time for Constitution Day, December 6th 2024 When the Spanish government issued the 1957 decree (called a BoE) announcing the start of a Citroën production line in the Galician city of Vigo, it was the beginning of a revolution in transport for small businesses: bakers, grocers, … More The 2cv van and the Spanish economy 1958 – 1978