Tag Archives: barcelona

Pig Scare

May 23, 2024 – 10:55 am

In the summer of 1989 I visited Barcelona to see a female friend. Floe was a model from Sarasota, Florida. Her apartment overlooked the Ramblas. We were attracted to each other, however she was faithful to her absent boyfriend. We slept in the same bed without touching. It was a very frustrating experience. One afternoon […]

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July 31, 1988 – Perpignan

July 31, 2021 – 3:40 pm

Last night Jacques Vial, my patron in Perpignan and cousin to Olivier Brial (Cousins could be anyone from the same town or village in Catalunya), had invited some forty people to a forest dinner. At a long white-clothed table his beau-frere, his wife, Jean-Louis, his employer, Francois, a compatriot, a sad carpenter, a skilled woodsman, […]

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Thai Cat Scratch Fever

December 1, 2018 – 2:33 am

Recently several villages in Thailand’s Ang Thong province reported a plague striking household cats dead. The cats basically starved to death and locals were scared that this ‘cat fever’ or ‘kai-wat me-ow’ could spread to the human population. Medical authorities found no threat, but failed to explain the fatal phenomena affecting over three hundred cats. […]

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