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Living the Dream - 46. The Trouble with Trees

The trouble with trees is that they keep growing. “Sorry. We can’t stay long, we have to get home to meet our tree surgeon.” Not words that I had ever imagined saying. My parents built the house nearly thirty years ago, and planted several trees then. One or two
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Living the Dream - 45. Coptic Gales

The Khamsheen Winds, the last of the Coptic Gales are here. The air is thick and heavy. Everybody has a sore throat and irritated eyes. Sounds like the opening of a Wilbur Smith novel. But it isn’t. Coptic Gales There are fourteen Coptic or Phoenician gales, between the end
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Living the Dream - 44. Contrarian

Contrarian Winetasting. Supper. Up early for golf, back home for a swim, record a podcast, then out for grilled meat. That’s more like it, truly living the dream. Nothing contrarian about that. I wrote last week about expats [https://stuartlennon.com/living-the-dream-43-expat/] and the collective consciousness. Often this group-think
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Living the Dream - 43. Expat

Expat If you choose to live the dream, to move [https://stuartlennon.com/living-the-dream-1-can-we-do-it/] to a new country, you will become an expatriate, an expat. I have been one, on and off, for most of my life. I left school and went to live in France and was away for
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Living the Dream - 42. Golf in the sun

Golf in the sun Both Mrs L and I play golf. Annoyingly, her swing is much better than mine, but I don’t tell her that and I don’t think that she reads the blog, so keep it to yourself. The opportunity to play a lot of golf in
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Living the Dream - 41. Guest Season

Guest season is upon us. We have two sets during the month of April. They are looking forward to it, we’re looking forward to it. I just hope that the weather Gods got the memo. Not surprisingly, moving to a house with a pool, in a hot climate makes
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Living the Dream -40. Walking

I have always been a fan of walking, in theory. In practice, less of a fan. There’s weather, traffic and other people. Largely therefore, I have gone through life seeing walking as a means to get from A to B. Much like a taxi, but slower. I documented elsewhere
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Living the Dream 39. Zambartas Wine Tasting

“Zambartas.” “Bless you”, rejoined Margaret. She’s a wit, my wife. Zamabartas is indeed a winery, a short drive from the mountain hideaway. I had booked us “Experience 3” for the afternoon of Margaret’s birthday. Background I am fond of a glass of wine. In fairness, I’m fond
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