Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops
9 May 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe 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 Lenox…
8 May 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe 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 Several…
7 May 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe 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 A…
6 May 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe 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 Spain’s…
5 May 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe 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 Very…
4 May 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe 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 Hmm.…
3 May 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe 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 Noémi…
2 May 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe 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 Predictable?…
1 May 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe 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 The…
30 April 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that putsthe 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 After…
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Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain 