Nearly 3 years ago when we moved to southern Spain I would walk past a converted train ticket station in La Cala Del Moral, along the paseo maritímo, where they held monthly art exhibitions and think to myself – wouldn’t it be wonderful to have an exhibition there?? I’m excited to say this month, until […]
Reaching out to Family and Friends during the pandemic For the past year, unable to travel, confined to our homes, we have learned to connect with loved ones through the internet and computer screens. Like many of you, I reached out to my family through on-line calls. We coordinated our times and worked out a
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‘Build the bridge and the river will appear’ is the theme of Rita Matias life. In our latest Costa Women ‘make it happen’ interview we talk Aura readings, Treasure maps and Rita shares some insights into her journey from Portugal to Brighton. If you are one of our Costa Women 2021 Planners, Rita created the
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If you’re trying to figure out finding friends as an expat (or heck) just finding friends as a woman over 35, this post will give you some hope and much needed laughs. Read here.
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FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS of our first online pop up shop, we are back with an even bigger and better version. This event will take the format of an online Festive Market, so there will be a lot more going on besides our wonderful shopkeepers. The event will begin 11th November and will continue to be
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Surgery is a BIG thing for our bodies. There’s the medication and anaesthetic, the trauma to skin, muscles and other tissues, the emotional stress . . . . Now admittedly these can vary HUGELY depending on the procedure – open heart surgery is a totally different conversation to an arthroscopy for instance. But all three
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As Jane Elliott said, “All those who want to be treated like a black person, please stand up.” Nobody did! The blue eyed and brown eyed exercise was amazingly revealing! I so love Jane Elliott’s work! Well, with everything that is happening in the USA and worldwide, all I can do is
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Update from the British Embassy dated 9th June 2020 Residency Over the last couple of months many people have asked us when residency appointments would resume. Now that all provinces are now in phase 2 or 3 of the de-escalation plan, we understand that offices are opening up appointments, so we are advising people to
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Hi to all, I just recently joined this platform and I am very excited to read your stories and to share mine 🙂 While being in the lockdown, I have had more time to pause, to have this luxury of having more time to enjoy my dear family, although I wish it would be caused
#LivingInLockdown Day 6 – Saturday March 21st Today did not start well. I woke up worrying about my family and how devastated I’d be if one of them died of this virus. I suppose it’s inevitable for these thoughts to come at some point, though I’ve no idea why this morning. This spiralled into worrying
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