The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: Spain

  • Fantasy Island

    I just got through reading an article on the NPR website entitled, “Pacific Island, Bigger Than Manhattan, Vanishes.” I assumed it was going to be about global warming, and that maybe it had sunk below the rising sea level, but no. Based upon studies of the sea floor, this island never existed in the first…

  • Tilting at Windmills

    Sometimes when I’m just waking, a phrase percolates up from my subconscious. Today it was “tilting at windmills”. What am I trying to tell myself? Am I, like Don Quixote, fighting a ridiculous battle? Am I getting unnecessarily agitated? Am I ignoring someone who is trying to talk sense into me? Maybe I should wear…

  • When the Punishment for a Good Deed is a Lifetime of Regrets

    Everyone probably has a story about trying to help someone and instead unintentionally making things worse. This is one of those stories. But if you’ve been reading my blog, you probably know I don’t ever go half way. I strongly suspect I may have ruined someone’s life, and the worst part about it is that…