THE SKINNER

I finally managed to accumulate just shy of a kilo of assorted chillies and most of them being pretty damned hot I decided to bulk them ou...

The name of the restaurant was Gabbiano on the hanging sign and on the front of the building, but Cabbiano on the knapkins and a few other i...

I've got plenty to blog about, but just haven't had the time, what with going through the editing of The Departure (now on the final...

Today (morning) We remember the date of the first heavy rain here last year because, well, it’s a date that sticks in many people’s minds...

Work basically came to a halt during a very hot August and while we were waiting for the doors and windows arrived. Now the have: ...

While here we met a couple, Chris Anna, who were here on holiday and invited them up to the house for a beer and a look around. At one point...

Wednesday 1st A month ago Macmillan sent me the edited typescript of The Departure to go through. Precisely at that time the Greek tanker...

Julie Crisp at Macmillan is rather pleased. Here's a sample from a recent email: Here's some rather good news for you. THE TECHNIC...

Well, Mr Sullivan has bin and gone and done it again! Wow!

Wednesday 25th I would say it’s a certainty that I’m going to end up with a sack load of chillies here. Previously I’ve preserved them in...

Wednesday 18th To start us off , here’s a picture of Yorgos, the boss of the Revans Bar, hard at work. He was trying to catch forty winks o...

Wednesday 11th It’s been hot and humid for a couple of weeks now, not the usual dry heat, and lately the sea has been as warm as bathwate...

Off to a pretty good start the week before last with 10,240 words done over four days. The following week started a bit crappily with lots o...

Some random thoughts on this subject... Living in another country, and in a small rural village like Papagianades, really forces you to t...

Let me give you a piece of advice. If you ever find yourself in Crete, in need of food, and a Cretan offers you potatoes from his garden, sn...

With the car’s fuel guage registering three-quarters of a tank we took Caroline’s parents to the airport. Over ensuing days we took one trip...

I recently received an email from one Jonathan Bauer, a relative of Jerry Bauer, who has died. He was the guy who took that first photograph...

So, Caroline’s parents came here for eighteen days and, a day or so before they arrived, the wind started blowing. Crete is famous for its w...

Just to show you where I'm sending these blogs from, here's a few pictures of me in the Revans Bar in Makrigialos: And here...

The image here is courtesy of Sue Carpenter, an SFX reader on Crete (who also got a letter in the previous issue). Thanks for this, Sue. ...