First the
good (staff) news is that our learned anthropologist, Kirk W Huffman, has returned
after a Christmas and New Year holiday break with his wife in the UK and Germany
and is now here to carry on writing his attention-grabbing weekly “An Anthropological
View” article for our weekly whiz-bang.
The
Not Too Good (Staff) News
The not
too good (staff) news is that our inspirational reporter, Louise Wright, has
also returned to the island after an extensive tour drive with her parents around
Europe. However, unfortunately, this talented young lady will not (for the time
being) be able to carry on writing her weekly informative “Local News” column
for Saturday edition.
Louise
is starting the final course of her schooling, where she has to get top grades
to qualify for an automatic entrance into university. Therefore, Louise without
any forms of distraction whatsoever is going to have to study very hard for
the next four or five-month period. Hopefully, after Louise has passed her examines
with flying colours, she will then return to us and carry on writing her weekly
news column sometime in the summer near to July.
Continuing
With The Good (Staff) News
Nonetheless,
there are five capable people here who will continue to do their very best each
week for the adrenaline trill of the story and the discipline of the deadline
to provide our readers with interesting articles and colourful pictures on simply
what happens here on the unique island of Ibiza.
Emily Kaufman
will continue to provide her weekly piece of writing on “History on Ibiza. Sinclair
Newton will carry on with his “Sober Life” article. José P Ribas will go on
with his “Island Ecology” critique. Kirk W Huffman will keep on with his “An
Anthropological View” editorial and I will continue to maintain my “Commentary”
column.
The
Good (Weather & Technicolor Light) News
The weather
here at present is lovely and sunny during the day with a clear blue sky but
it’s still fairly chilly but dry at night when the heavens are full of stars.
The daylight this past few days has been absolutely fantastic, especially for
the people who want to take photographs or produce an outdoors painting.
This
is the perfect time of the year to be here and enjoy the island, simply because,
it is smells so fresh and the current climate in Ibiza is typical of a good
quality country holiday where you fish in the sea and not in a river.
The
almond blossom and a mulitude of wild flowers in the fields and the hedgerow
are beginning to appear throughout the countryside and shortly the whole island
will be transformed into a huge technicolor paradise.
I’ll
put together a selection of colour pictures for this column in next week’s edition
to show the folk on the outside world how beautiful it can really look here
during this period of the year in Ibiza. |