05 Monday Jan 2026
04 Sunday Jan 2026
Posted in music, sunday song, video
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This is… weird! 😅
03 Saturday Jan 2026
Posted in cancer, health & happiness, hope, sevilla
Yep still doing this which means… I’m still here! As I hope to be a year from now to continue this annual message of hope (from that first time in 2009) when I boldly posted my daybook turned to January 3rd 2010 with the words “STILL HERE!” written on it. After having been diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer mid-2008 and going through three major operations and chemo twice and being told my chances of survival weren’t very good. But I made it to January 2010 and I hope to keep posting this every January 3rd for some time to come. Watch this space. 
03 Saturday Jan 2026
Posted in casa azahar, cats, caturday, home
02 Friday Jan 2026
Posted in art, markets, sevilla, tapas bars
A new year and another great L’Armanaque de Sevilla by local artist (and my neighbour!) Alfredo Rodríguez. He started making and selling his colourful prints of bar façades during lockdown in 2020 and produced his first L’Armanaque in 2023. Each year has been a bit different and for 2026 we get not only a new façade each month but also Alfredo’s suggestions for what to eat and drink there.
Not quite as artistic😉 but also special to me is getting the little magnetic fridge calendar every December from my butcher in the Encarnación Market. I can’t remember when I started picking these up but it’s been years. I stopped in there just before Christmas and THERE WERE NO CALENDARS. Found out they were late being delivered so I went by again today to pick up some carrillada and before I could even ask he slapped a calendar down on the counter for me. My kitchen wouldn’t feel the same without one.
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