Greetings from Mykanos. We would like to wish Happy New Year to you all. December was primarily the month of the cosecha … the coffee harvest. As I mentioned in a previous Letter this was the first cosecha in more than a decade of which we have been solely in charge … sorry, I mean […]
Greetings from Mykanos. I’ve been asked about our animals, so I thought a report from the home front might not go astray… Many of you might find this very boring as it is mostly about dogs, with some plants thrown in. Over the years however, with a few notable exceptions such as Mac in London […]
Greetings from Mykanos. Whereas August was the month of wind and kites, September was the month of love and friendship, encompassing Colombia’s version of Valentine’s Day, ‘Dia de Amor y Amistad’ or ‘Love & Friendship Day’, which falls in the middle of the month, and as usually happens here, a one-day celebration is celebrated (and […]
Greetings from Mykanos. Well it’s now September, the month leading up to the cosecha or harvest, and we are getting ready to pick and process coffee. We are also getting ready to cope with a very poor coffee price, and putting pressure on the Federación to support us, but I will leave that for the […]
Greetings from Mykanos. July is almost over and I have been remiss in communications, but then we have been pretty busy. First, we had the World Cup. You might wonder if I am a football fiend. Well, I most certainly am not, but when you live in a country so fanatical about football it is […]
Greetings from Mykanos. It’s very lush and green here at the moment, the result of a lot of rain. It has rained almost every day and now it’s time for some sun to get the coffee cherries ready for the cosecha, which will start in September. Mykanos’ location, right in the middle of the tropics, […]
Greetings from Mykanos. Spring is springing in Europe and Autumn is falling in Australia, but here it is much the same as ever. We have, however, been having regular rainfall, which can be a nuisance in Bogotá but is exactly what our coffee trees need. We are just about to get into La Traviesa, the […]
Greetings from Mykanos, Happy new February! Yes it has been a while. You have enjoyed Christmas, New Year and January without having a word from me, but I am afraid your soothing sojourn is over and it’s back to Letters as usual. Sorry about that. The lead up to Christmas saw numerous dinners with friends, […]
Greetings from Mykanos, I only got back here on Friday after a couple of months away, mostly in London, and I must admit it’s nice to have room to move and pure air to breathe and no need to wear shoes, especially as I read about snow the length and breadth of Britain. Our car […]
Greetings from Bogotá We drove down from Mykanos yesterday in preparation of a jaunt. Correction, Adriano drove down yesterday with me in the passenger seat as co-pilot, although ‘co’ wasn’t called for. Adriano gained his licence earlier this year, learning to drive in our Jeep and taxi. It had never interested him before and he […]
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