The remarkable Peter, and the beautiful Pat, popped by yesterday evening bringing the latest copy of ‘The Tatler’ for Irem; my Practical Photographer; a bottle of Gordon’s and two huge smiles. Tatler is Irem’s favourite magazine, but I enjoy it too. The car reviews, by Emma Parker-Bowles, are always remarkable. This month’s is no exception. [...]
An Amos Restaurant Pide These days I rarely venture out much, so I don’t get to the sea or Amos Restaurant. Amazon goes often though and likes to eat there. She enjoys the Pide most. The portions are just the right size for her
When Alice left here a month back she left a copy of ‘Country Living’ in which I found an advert for a denture fixative. The advert featured an apple with a bite taken from each side. Who is wearing the dentures it asks? In Britain, for forty or so years, a huge group of committed [...]
“We like Mulberries”, said the piglets. Around this time of year we often get visited by wild pigs. This year there are four orphans who push under the fence. At first they made for the remains of the Mulberries. I spoke with them kindly but they still were too shy to remain. They scampered away [...]
In 1854 John Snow investigated an outbreak of Cholera in London. He had a theory that Cholera was a digestive based illness and suspected that its cause was polluted water. He reached this conclusion because as a physician he recognized that the symptoms of cholera were similar to those of some kinds of poisoning, rather [...]
“Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.” James Thurber, My Life and Hard Times (1933) US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 – 1961) Did you know that a number of schools in the U.K. and elsewhere have removed [...]
Consternation In A Nunnery! Gentle Reader, if you’ve wondered why Bray is going on about microwaves in Amos the source of his concern is the fact that not just one, but two microwave sources are proposed here. The first to be erected is located atop the site’s electricity sub-station. It is an Avea Mobile Phone [...]
Not The Mast at Amos! Intelligence and diplomacy has prevailed and so not only is the Avea buzz station to be dismantled at Amos, the WiFi Internet system also won’t be installed on the White Houses section of Amos Estate. These decisions taken by the respective management committees have taken great courage. It’s difficult to [...]
Amazon and Hannah ~ Blowers! Here are my two small chick-a-dees. They’re Hannah and Amazon who share a Dad but look different due to his profligate behavior. What are they up to? The fact is that they are under the influence of Pete Horsham a post-modern artist and musician also known as Kraymon. Kraymon is [...]
Those of you who have followed this journal from its inception will know that my inspiration is the incredible Alf Erickson of Corkscrew-Balloon.com. Alf has blogged every day for more than ten years. Hannah says South American briefs are most uncomfortable, but I don’t care! It is with great pleasure that I show a few [...]
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Stephen Jeremy Maxwell Bray lives with his wife Irem, and daughter Amazon at Amos, Turunc near Marmaris, Turkey..
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