Laurel Marx – Light needs shadow Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin September 2017 By Shirley Roberts Laurel Marx is a native New Yorker with a Soller heart. In 1969 she spent a year in Deia studying Art and Creative writing with professors from Dowling college in New York. This was at a time when…
Lena Yazykova in Moscow to Elena Castillo in Soller By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 4th June 2017 Elena is a true Muscovite with her life spent in the heart of Russia. The fact that this life was spent 1500 km from the sea created in her a desire that…
Deirdre Quiery from Belfast to Soller… Deirdre Quiery is a testament to education, good teachers and a thirst for knowledge that enabled her to survive appalling sectarian times. Deirdre was a child of the troubles in Belfast and was educated in Our Lady of Mercy School in between 1968 / 1975. This was a catholic…
Mary Lynn Gadosh Ohio to Soller – one way… Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Lynn Gadosh Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 4th December 2016 Lynn Gadosh is a name that many people of Majorca are familiar with. She turned up in Soller thirty years ago and stayed. Her early life was…
Maria of the Marina Hotel in the Port of Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 27th November 2016 Written by Shirley Roberts Photographs by Rachel Fox When you are part of a Soller Hotel dynasty you have to make your individual mark. The crown has been created by others and its your…
The Hospital Chapel and the work of Saint Rita in Sóller The Saint of Impossible Causes… By Debra Reynolds on 4th November 2016 As Sollerweb reported earlier this week, as of Wednesday of this week, there has been a change in the Mass timetable at Sant Bartomeu in Sóller. All weekday Masses (i.e. Monday-Saturday inclusive)…
We said good bye to Elena Davis 1915 to 2016 By Shirley Roberts Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Thursday 7th October 2016 On Thursday 6th October 2016 over fifty people gathered in Soller. We were following the express wishes of Elena Davis who died a few weeks ago. Elena was 101 and everyone thought…
Sian Mackay tells a story of War, Resistance, Art and Love in Von Ripper’s Odyssey Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin Sunday 25th September 2016 by Shirley Roberts Sian Mackay is a writer and a long time resident of the Soller Valley. She has held many publishing roles including several years as a freelance journalist for…
Sarah completes Sue Lloyd Roberts important new book WAR ON WOMEN This article was published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 21st August 2016 By Shirley Roberts Sarah Morris is the beloved daughter of Sue Lloyd Roberts who was my neighbour from Fornalutx. Sue died last October after fighting so hard to survive leukemia…
The obituary of Elena Davis of the Soller Valley Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Friday 19th August 2016 By Shirley Roberts Photograph by Rachel Fox Elena Davis died on Thursday 18th August 2016 at the great age of 101. She recently celebrated her birthday in the Juan March Hospital where she was being…
