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PhotoRecipe: cod & prawns en papillote

Tried yoga, transcendental meditation, conscious breathing, mindfulness– Nothing like knitting and cooking for me to restore my mental balance in autumn. To cop...

Murder and charm: 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle'

The Haunting of Hill House is Shirley Jackson's best known novel, probably because it was adapted into two movies in 1959 and 1999 –both under the title House o...

Malasaña, Madrid, esta mañana

Hoy le ha tocado la china para currar de modelo a mi compañera Carmen. Teníamos que hacer fotos de una nueva bolsa de algodón con mensaje de nuestra colección M...

The impossibility of a siesta

Summer is harrowing in Madrid for those who cannot bear the heat. H.P. Lovecraft got sick when the temperature went under 22 ºC, in my case it's just the opposi...

Sorority, cats, and Galician wine

If I'm proud of something I'd say is the taking-care-of-your-cats network that has spontaneously built between some women I'm acquainted with who rescue, shelte...

A Medieval Spanish recipe with a touch of surrealism: stuffed peaches step by step

Summer and peaches are things inexorably linked, but I also associate this splendid fruit, one of my favourites, with Surrealism. Let me be explained. If you ar...

Working with Satanita Jennings

Today I had to take pics of two mugs in which a grouchy cat says 'I do whatever I want.' One of my many jobs is product photographer, and sooooometimes the feli...

Abandoned espadrilles in the park. Madrid. 9:03 PM. 38 ºC

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Mrs. Jennings and the 'naming of cats'

T.S. Eliot is one of the greatest figures in the history of English Literature. On the other hand, he was a horrible person, even though he liked cats so much t...

Female 'Bildungsroman': Angela Carter's 'The Magic Toyshop'

I had a heavy cold when I read The Magic Toyshop (1967) by Angela Carter last winter. I decided to stay in bed a whole day, a little feverish, with the four cat...

One Black & White Photograph Daily for 30 Days – Day #3

The third entry: my friend Mónica and Pu, the dog. Taken with a Nikon D7000. When Pu was rescued she had a rare dermatitis and almost no hair to cover her skin....

Stuffed summer tomatoes with 'unity of effect'. A step by step recipe for those who love red food

I arrived at home yesterday –finally fortunately fffffFriday– at 5 PM, with an idée fixe in my head and a linen bag full of groceries hanging on my shoulder. Th...

My workplace

I don't go to my workplace as assiduously as I should. Sometimes there is more than noise pollution to be found there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JasJrfE03...

One Black & White Photograph Daily for 30 Days – Day #2

My second entry– Laura and her cat Melón. Taken with a Nikon D7000. My friend Laura rescued Melón on the side of the road, he had been hit by a car and one of h...

Clyde & the chaise-longe

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The writer who run away

If I'd be asked wether literature can change one's life, I suppose I should answer affirmatively, in the case I wanted to be honest. I seldom think of the past,...

Parker & Michi, the cardboard cat

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One Black & White Photograph Daily for 30 Days – Day #1

Here's my first entry for the black & white daily photo challenge. Taken with an iPhone 6. The woman wearing a hat is María Zambrano A good friend of mine, Juan...

Annika’s summer

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Nine days in Angoulême

Cities with a charming touch of decadence are my favourites: Lisbon, Porto, Budapest, Berlin back in the 90's– Angoulême, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, S...