Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight

And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light.

Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’.

Cosas de España/Galiza

An interesting development in respect of a famous/infamous right wing judge . . . Spain’s judicial watchdog (the General Council of the Judiciary, CGPJ) has opened disciplinary proceedings against investigating judge Juan Carlos Peinado after his comments in the case involving Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife, Begoña Gómez—specifically alleging his remarks could constitute a serious disciplinary breach.

I guess this foto taken at a local fiesta means that blacking-up is not yet considered offensive in Spain. Or not in Galicia, at least.

Noémi in Barcelona is on a roll! Here she tells us how to make tinto de verano. Which is not the same as sangría, as Noémi explains.

We face temperature of up to 38 in Pv city this week. we might well need that recipe of Neómi’s!

The mussel chains hanging from rafts along our coast are being voraciously attacked by king crabs. The growers say they’re worse that the `piranha-like’ bream, which relish the young mussels

The World Cup

A universal view, I imagine: England won’t win the World Cup playing like they did against lowly Panama.

The Middle East War

The latest update from Naked Capitalism. It’s a rather war-like peace.

The United States of Trump America

Quotes

• Mark Rutter likes to see himself as the Trump whisperer. In fact, he’s the Trump suppository.
• On the Supreme Court, there are 2 justices as old as Trump, as racist as Trump and as corrupt as Trump. [Does this happen in any other established democracy?]

Both of those quotes from here . . . Trump loses it in a shouting match described by him as “a really great meeting,” Podcast     Video

Spanish

• Cangrejo patudo: King crab
• Sargo: Bream
• Ventosa: Sucker, suction cup. Squid tentacle. [RAE: Órgano que tiene para  adherirse o agarrarse, mediante el vacío, al andar o hacer presa].n ciertos animales enlos pies, la boca otras partes del cuerpo].

Finally . . . Did you know?

Fun facts about 50 US states.

Finally . . . Finally

I associate these costumes with the beginning of Lent so don’t know why they are featuring in a local village’s fiesta . . .

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