GLACE MOUSTACHE OF SOLLER LAUNCHES TODAY
Glace Moustache”, a 1964 completely restored, Mallorcan based -Citroën HY- available for hire- Photo shoots or fully catered vintage parties. http://www.glacemoustache.com/
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JACKIE WALDREN READS THE ‘PREGO’
Jackie Waldren reads the Prego By Shirley RobertsPhotographs by Rachel FoxPublished in the Majorca Daily Bulletin onSunday 21st December 2014 The annual celebration in Palma on 30th December of the Festa de L’Estendard is very important in the life of this Island . It commemorates the date in 1229 when Muslim power came to an…
Monastic nature at Lluc by Neville James-Davies
Nature would have been a big part of their wellbeing as it is to many of us today 2021-11-02 Palma By Neville James-Davies for The Majorca Daily Bulletin Neville James-Davies Jaume II had a son who suffered from asthma, so in 1309, in an attempt to help his son, Jaume II ordered a palace to…
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW – THE PATRON SAINT OF SOLLER
The latest summer festivals that are celebrated in the municipality of Sóller are those dedicated to its patron, San Bartolomé. During the days leading up to August 24 a great set of cultural, recreational and sports events are organized, in the Valley of the orange trees. One of the most interesting innovations is the celebration…
WINTER WEDDINGS IN MALLORCA
Winter Weddings in Mallorca By Shirley Roberts This beautiful island plays host to hundreds of weddings every year and is the venue of choice for people from all over Europe and beyond. They all know that unless they are getting married as Catholics they have to legally marry in their home country and use the…
Happy, Sad, Bored, Lonely…
Get up, get dressed, get out… A little exploration from some Soller minds… By Shirley Roberts Happy? I find when I am at my happiest I have used my own mantra. ‘Get up, get dressed and get out’. The biggest blessing, I have in my life, is the ability to forget. So many awful things…
The Quarantine life of the Humans of Mallorca
Humans of Majorca and Quarantine isolation is in the news. All countries are making local and global decisions for their communities. Majorca is an island with vast historical experience of the successful management of quarantine. In the ‘History of Soller’ project that I am currently involved in, many hours of information gathering were spent in…
THE GREEN SHOOTS OF RECOVERY IN SOLLER
The green shoots of recovery in Soller Published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin On Tuesday 18th October 2016 Photographs by Rachel Fox The landscape has been parched and the grass had turned to straw. The streets were dirty because power washing was banned. The water shortages of late summer turned off the water in municipal…
THE ILLUSIONS OF SOLLER
On Saturday the fleet came in to the Port of Soller and we were there to see them. We stood on the mountain, below the lighthouse and watched as two grey minesweepers arrived in our town with the insignia of the British Navy flying softly in the breeze. They made a noise as they arrived…
LAUREL MARX – Light needs shadow
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…