A Way Out?
I´ll have to hurry. I´m in the library and I only have the one hour to start this. Bear with me, would you. This isn´t easy. It´s not something I´m proud of. but there you go. Permit me to introduce...
View ArticleLovely Barcelona!
It was evening when we arrived in Barcelona, which is a wonderful city. Gaudí helped design parts of it and it is a must, if you´re artisticaly inclined. Just the Sagrada Familia, one of the cathedrals...
View ArticleValencia and Paqui.
Steve got some money out of the wall, enough to get the four of us to the next stage, being Valencia. Dominic begged off, saying he´d been there, done that, got a whole wardrobe of T-shirts. So the...
View ArticleUnfortunate, but true!
I think it´s going to be one of them days! I had difficulty getting up this morning, because all my muscles were hurting(ok, ok, the atrophied bits that are all that remain of what used to be Sly...
View ArticleThey Stole my Home.
I was trying to sleep, but I couldn’t. For some mysterious reason I was transported back to a day on the street, when my backpack was stolen. I’m in a house now, thank God. Now, what is a backpack? A...
View ArticleBionic Cats?
I can rightfully call myself a troglodyte, a cave-dweller, as I have lived in many a cave over quite a long period of time, up in Sacromonte(= the sacred mountain) near Granada. It was, all in all, a...
View ArticlePrelog to the Prologue
This chapter should come in, after “A way out?” I started this book the way I did and I will let it stand as is, but when I reread it, I came to realise that something was missing, namely the reason...
View Article´Home´Again!
At the border in Ceuta, my pal was told that his visa had expired and that he had to go back to where he lives to get a police report. My passport had already been stamped by then, so I went on alone,...
View ArticleValencia – After Paqui.
After Paqui had died, what we called ´The Czech Republic´asked if they could move into The Rancho with us, because their abode had been torn down. The reason being that it was an eyesore, which the...
View ArticleWhat Does A Writer Do?
He writes! I didn´t feel much like writing, but I have a secret… I refuse to worry and then everything sorts itself out automatically. And let´s face it, there is nobody standing over me with a gun,...
View ArticleValencia, After Paqui II
I remember some more things about Paqui´s last days. If I repeat myself, do forgive me, but I don´t want to reread all I´ve written already, because then I might get stuck again (too painful). My...
View ArticleFrom the Birthplace of the Borgia!
There is one more thing I want to tell you about when Paqui was in a coma and then I shall let her rest in peace. It is something that I wish I could forget, but which is indelibly etched on my brain...
View ArticleDoes The End Justify The Means?
I´m happy, because I have a problem, two actually. I have found that when there is a complete lack of problems, life gets boring. And I´ve been known to go to great lengths to avoid boredom, just for...
View ArticleA Candle Burns
I am thinking of Little Ralphie and sending him light and love and many loving angels to watch over him always. Filed under: Streetlife. Tagged: a burning candle, Gaurdian Angels, ralphie
View ArticleA Day in Gandia…
This should have been posted long ago, but I did not have the money nor the time. I´m sitting in front of the Borgia church, as it is Sunday and the lottery office where I was begging earlier is...
View ArticleA Day in Gandia II…
I´m sitting on a park bench reminiscing about times gone by. In front of me on the ground are loads of broken seed-shells of what they call Pipas here. People eat them by the bagload, nibbling them one...
View ArticleLeaving Barcelona…
I´m leaving Barcelona, intent on starting a lucky streak, in search of my very own Shangrila. Somewhere in the mountains of Galicia, in proximity to the sea, I hope to find it. A haven of safety to...
View ArticleI can’t be bothered any more.
You’ve all known me for a long time and I never lie. I am homeless and sick of it. Although you all love to read my writings, when I’m doing more or less alright, you never want to make a donation....
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Filed under: From Lieven., Miscellaneous, Pause, Streetlife. Tagged: dog, From Lieven., People, photograph, street
View ArticleVisitors Tomorrow!
Once upon a time there was a homeless guy in Spain and two dear people took pity on him and took him into their holiday apartment for a couple of nights and they stayed friends over the internet. They...
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