Mountains or Sea? Why Not Choose Both?
I love the sea. When I lived on the south coast of England, I enjoyed swimming in the sea so much t...
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Lammas: A Summer Festival of Light
Happy Summer, everyone! Today is a special day in the traditional British calendar. It is the day d...
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Holistic Communications Seminar: Thank You for Joining Me!
Hello, Cafetalk community! I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined my seminar, ‘...
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A Picture that Describes My Summer
Last summer, I went on a huge road trip from my home in southern Spain, across the country of Spai...
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Keeping Cool with Permaculture this Summer: part 2 – how to stay cool in the heat of July
In part 1 of this article series I introduced the concept of permaculture and how we can use it to ...
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The Best Compliment I Ever Received
Compliments are funny things. In British culture, we generally are not sure how to receive them. Ir...
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Celebrating the Summer Solstice: Part 2
Happy Midsummer, everyone! Now is the time of year when there is the most light in the day. In anci...
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Popular candies from Spain: Turrón
Are you nuts about nuts? What kind of nuts do you like to eat? Spain, where I live, is the second l...
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Celebrating the Summer Solstice: part 1
In the Northern hemisphere, the days are getting longer and longer, as we come towards the longest ...
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Exploring the Galaxy: Reading at the Beach
I love the sea. I love the smell of salt on the air, the beautiful language of the waves, the feeli...
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Keeping Cool with Permaculture this Summer
Here in southern Spain, many people describe the summer months of July and August as like ‘being in...
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Haiku is a form of poetry with strict rules about the number of syllables per line. It has a number...
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Being a parent is a journey. Nearly every day there seems to be something to cause stress, some kin...
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Language in my Morning Routine
Like many Cafetalk users, I am currently studying another language: Spanish. Unfortunately, I do no...
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A Morning Routine: Dance Yourself Awake
Perhaps when you first wake up in the morning, the last thing you feel like doing is dancing. Your ...
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Seasonal Recipe: Savoury Strawberries
It is springtime and in my garden there are many delicious, red, sweet, juicy fruits. Yes, it is st...
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Do you sometimes argue with your partner, friends or family members?Do you worry about world confli...
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Seasonal Recipe: Hawthorn Cordial
Seasonal Recipe: Hawthorn Cordial It’s May, the month which has a flower named after it in British ...
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A Spring Festival: Beltane or May Day
As we explored in my previous column, ‘Spring Festivals: Why do we celebrate them?’ , in the tradi...
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Spring Festivals: Why do we celebrate them?
In many countries, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, there is a public holiday at the beginnin...
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Wizards, Rabbits and Wardrobes – a quick look at English children’s literature
When you first meet someone and they want to ‘break the ice’, do you look around to see where the i...
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Where do English words come from? (part 2)
In part 1 of this article series, we looked at some examples of words which we use in the English l...
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Where do English words come from? (part 1)
An interesting thing about the English language is that it is constantly evolving. English is an...
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Today is April 23rd, an important day in British culture. Many people still celebrate Saint George’...
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Today is Earth Day, a day when all over the world, people are taking the time to appreciate this ...
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We Are All Connected Through Stories
Happy Springtime, everyone! Here in Europe the wildflowers are blooming, the birds are singing and ...
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