Devil Slaying Amongst Other Things

      When I visit cities, whether here in the Canary Islands or elsewhere in the world, I love visiting public parks. On a recent trip to S...

               Well, where has the year gone? This is my last post of the year and I wanted to wish you all  a wonderful New Year ahead and ...

        A set of stairs leads towards the popular la Sala Teatro Timanfaya, a theatre popular for artistic and musical folklore productions....

    I am increasingly frustrated when I read news articles and media posts that are “over-egged.” They are sometimes so exaggerated that the...

       I’m sorry I haven't been blogging much recently. Why? I've hit a bit of writer's block when it comes to writing posts. It...

    Since being established in 1496 by the Genoan banker Cristobal de Ponte, the town of Garachico had played a principal commercial role in...

            I enjoy watching cookery programmes, and I have my favourite go-tos. The other day, I viewed an episode of a series of programme...

        Life isn’t always plain sailing as we all know. Illness can strike unexpectedly and lives can be turned upside down.     For those ...

    The first book in my Salvation series is available to read free on Kindle from tomorrow for a few days. Jenny’s story, featured in this ...

   This week we've been celebrating ‘International Women's Week’ on 4th -10th March 2024 and ‘International Women's Day’ on 8th ...

    To love, is to cherish To cherish, is to adore To adore, is to treasure To treasure, is to be devoted to  To be devoted to, is to be fai...

      If you live in Tenerife or any of the principal Canary Islands, it's impossible to not realize that the landscape has been rescul...

        Do the first, second, and third words or lines of poems and books capture your imagination when you first read them?      Yes, it is...

       All over Puerto De La Cruz, the name of Tomas De Iriarte is celebrated, with a street, a school and a library bearing his name. Born ...

         International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was marked on the 25th of November all over the world.       Violen...

      April 1963, three young men from Liverpool, UK packed their suitcases and headed for Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, the Canary Islands. ...