Delora in España

Changing your karma from bad to good is much more complicated than I thought.  Of course, you can be pure of thought and deed for all of you...

(Thunder and Lucia take a bike ride in happier times) Walking the streets of Madrid gives me plenty of time to analyze every message fr...

I'll admit, I'm a pet psychic's worst nightmare.  First, I'm so grateful to hear from the spirit of the animal known to D...

Here is what she writes (verbatim): When you go to look for him, I got the sense that to talk to as many people as possible within a 2 blo...

My sister recommends that we call the renowned pet psychic, Joy Carroll, to enlist her help in finding Thunder.  She senses my East Coast re...

No pet has been better loved than our canine son, Thunder.  Of course, we try to love our pets unconditionally, but this 8 year old dog/ch...

When you're new to a city, and there is more than one team in town, you can choose your team! You have no alliances. You can choose ...

Dear España; I didn't want you to find out this way.  I didn't mean to hurt you, it was never about hurting you ...it's just...

On Wednesday, I had been sick for a few days, but feeling better, looking forward to a long weekend in Paris with the family.  I was taking ...

I'm wondering: would any of you, when renting a very nice apartment in Madrid, think to ask your realtor if the kitchen and bathrooms we...

Puerta Alcala When some delightful new Spanish friends (A&A) asked me recently (after reading my blog) whether or not I liked Spain, ...

During Spanish class today I felt a bug crawling between my eye and my brow. I tried to brush it away, but there was nothing there.  The c...

Recently, Chip and I were invited to a finca, a Spanish farm that is roughly the equivalent of a horse farm. In truth, we weren't full...

In three months we've had three doormen.  The permanent doorman was having a lung removed when we arrived in Madrid.   Marco, the tempor...

 (chimp brain) When, on a Saturday night, you can't adequately tell the Spanish police that your son is missing -- yo busco mi hijo! ...

Thank you for restoring my faith in the blogosphere people! Here are some visual cyber-gifts for expressing concern over our lost child AN...

Last night we attended our first futbol game in our adopted city of Madrid. New Yorkers, you got nothin' on the rivalry between Real Mad...

YO, it's called BLOGGING people!!! Sooooo, by definition, you're supposed to put your thoughts under the comment section!   What ...

I've been slathering this on my skin for a week...

This is odd.  This is my (grown) friend KK chasing the stately blue peacock on the grounds of the Alcazar in Seville -- but she's not t...