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WHAT DO [WE] DO WITH OUR OLIVES? DO [WE] MAKE THEM INTO OIL?

by adamhalevi, posted in Adam and Dido, Andalusia, Axarquia, Extra Virgin, First Cold-pressed oil, Olive Harvest, Olive Oil, Olive trees, Olives, Southern Spain

THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION/S WE ARE ASKED THE MOST…* Well, not exactly, is the answer, in that they do all nearly end up as oil, but the oil is not made by us. Olive presses, in all their forms, are serious pieces of machinery and far too ambitious and expensive for a small farm … Continue reading WHAT DO [WE] DO WITH OUR OLIVES? DO [WE] MAKE THEM INTO OIL?

“A light unto the nations”* like it or not…

by adamhalevi, posted in A Light Unto The Nations, Andalusia, BBC World Servic, Bondi Beach Massacre, Hanukkah, Isaiah, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Temple, Jewish People, Menorah, Olive Harvest, Olive Oil, Science in Action

an optimistic new year message This year we have a bumper olive harvest – the biggest, since we planted our new grove twenty years ago. The work of picking, pruning and burning off is the most intense of the year. The large crop feels somehow auspicious, as do the copious rains and the unusually crisp … Continue reading “A light unto the nations”* like it or not…

THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE TWO PIZANS – And more synchronicity?*

by adamhalevi, posted in Adam and Dido, Cancer, Carl Jung, Coincidence, Dido Green nee Nicholson, Harrow School of Art, Harry Pizan, Northwick Park Hospital, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapy, Pizan Family, Rubin Pizan, Synchronicity

Carl Jung famously referred to occurrences of synchronicity as “meaningful coincidences that cannot be explained by cause and effect.” He thought that there was something more profound going on than sheer coincidence, something to do with a “deeper order of the universe…” While I can see the attractiveness of this line of reasoning I find … Continue reading THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE TWO PIZANS – And more synchronicity?*

A POSTCARD FROM COIMBRA

by adamhalevi, posted in Academic Prison, Adam and Dido, Ancient Universities, Coimbra, Fire Engines, Fire Stations, Portugal, travel, University Cities

It’s been quite a while since I published a “live” postcard-type piece, but this current trip to Coimbra, Portugal’s oldest (and Europe’s third-oldest) university city has drawn me to the keyboard. Incredible to think, that we have been living on the Iberian Peninsula (on our finca in southern Andalusia and in Gibraltar) for well over … Continue reading A POSTCARD FROM COIMBRA

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