A sojuourn to a remote Canary village, to finish a book and continue training for a marathon, opens up disturbing vistas of human life.
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The Best Little Shop in the World (Part III)
The good times have returned to a remote and spectacular part of Lanzarote as the pandemic finally burns out and fat foreigners arrive.
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Getting away from it all — yet again — amid the roar of family and the festive season.
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Spending time in remote places brings real challenges, but they can make you all the more appreciative when you get back home.
Continue readingLost, and Sadly Found, Amid the Cactus Fields of Macaronesia
By William J. Furney Resources are scarce on these Macaronesian islands. There is no rain, and life — plant and animal — clings on, desperately hoping for some kind of
Continue readingDropping Out, Tuning In
By William J. Furney In a year marked by the loss of my father, whom I had lived with and helped care for during the past decade of his ill
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