I am writing as a regular visitor to Vilamoura, a destination I have returned to over twenty years and one I have always regarded as one of the Algarve’s premier destinations for many.
The Christian confession is that Jesus is God who came to us as a human, and then this God dies on a bloody cross to reconcile man with himself.
To wish you a very Happy St Patrick's Day, whether you are officially Irish or not, here is a poem by Algarve resident, by David P Carroll.
Besides being a legal defence in a criminal case, Insanity is also the name of an 'amusement thrill ride' 900 ft above ground in Las Vegas. It isn't clear whether you are already insane to attempt it, or if you have become insane by the time it is over. Both are probably true.
It seems the man in the street must now be referred to as "the average person." That doesn't apply to me and you, of course. And anyway, shouldn't the average person be walking on the pavement?
Last week, in Alcantarilha in the central Algarve, 4 men with southern Irish accents approached a lady at her home, offering to power wash a large patio area, including weed removal.
Mortality frequently interferes with longevity, unfortunately. And celebrity and early death often go together, seemingly. Buddy Holly was only 22 when he died in a plane crash in 1959, astonishing when you consider the musical legacy he left behind. Not Fade Away, indeed.
Completing other people's sentences for them sounds like a very niche job for a person already in prison. Perhaps I should have described it as a nick job. It certainly wouldn't have appealed in the days of capital punishment, unless the appeal worked.
