Rubí donkey’s Tuesday blog: This week’s Tuesday blog is not about us pampered donks in El Parral but about Vida’s story. Matilde and I had our foals Aitana and Morris in 2011 and our owner briefly thought about finding good homes for them when they were yearlings. He decided he could not take the risk … More Vida’s story
The clocks have gone forward and El Parral is bursting into life. Having spent the first days of this five-day break (fiesta today) settling issues arising from outside of this place, I am clearly resolved now to return to basics. Above all I need to remember that my chosen solitary life in this place needs to have in … More Spring forward
In earlier blogposts here I have recounted how the terraces here were once filled with vines. Gaspar the previous owner of the house told me that there were fine table grapes once grown on the bare terraces here where the donkeys now play. All that remained when I moved in here was the occasional metal … More Of living vines and real people
Note for new readers: Rubí donkey writes an occasional Tuesday piece on Equusasinus.net, helped by Morris donkey when background reading is required. Today I am going to write about portant and weighty matters: false facts and conspicaries. They are all around us. Morris looks around him and snorts aggressively at the false facts and conspicaries. … More False facts and Conspicaries
Readers of a nervous disposition should leave the blog now because I am going to write one of my increasingly rare blog posts about things religious. As readers will be aware from the blog posts here last year, I increasingly saw my search for a new place to live as a continuation of my interrupted vocation to … More The Internet of Fools
Aitana writes: Here I am rolling in dust trying to impress Mummy Matilde but she doesn’t care: this is the usual promble. We had summer weather for a week. Like all dust rolling in the sun, and I’m like being a donkey in the sun, and like who cares if I eat carrots? I don’t … More The rain in Spain falls mainly on us
After all we went through in December and January, here we go again! It has been a night of continuous heavy rain and thunderstorms. Today at about 13.00 it goes from a yellow to an orange warning. The orange patch just out to sea is an extreme low pressure system, set to hit us this … More Orange Weather Warning
The Donkey Sanctuary does amazing work all round the world (please donate) and some of you joined me in helping the recent Italy emergency, so thanks for your solidarity. Today is International Women’s Day and the Donkey Sanctuary celebrated the role of donkeys in empowering women, with some really beautiful images of working donkeys and … More International Women’s Day
Rubi’s Shrove Tuesday Blog, 28 February 2017 Note for new readers. There are other donkey blogs, but Equusasinus.net is the only blog with posts written by a donkey. Rubí donkey writes an occasional Tuesday piece, helped by Morris donkey when background reading is required. One thing you may not know about donkeys is that our long … More The Wisdom of Me
When I am introduced by friends to a newcomer or visitor to the Costa Blanca, there is always mention of the donkeys. So, a typical introduction is, “This is Gareth who has four donkeys.” Sometimes there is a longer version: “This is Gareth who bought two donkeys and they were both pregnant, so now he has … More On my farm…?
