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A small town take on the big, wide world

Oh, Barcelona

By Jill's Scene on November 30, 2017 • ( 10 Comments )

Come explore Cadiz with me

By Jill's Scene on November 15, 2017 • ( 13 Comments )

Wandering through Seville

By Jill's Scene on November 8, 2017 • ( 10 Comments )

After the Camino de Santiago

By Jill's Scene on November 4, 2017 • ( 21 Comments )

Day 52 on the Camino de Santiago: Pedrouzo to Santiago

By Jill's Scene on October 29, 2017 • ( 19 Comments )

Day 51 on the Camino de Santiago: Ribadiso to Pedrouzo

By Jill's Scene on October 28, 2017 • ( 9 Comments )

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

Auē by Becky Manawatu

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

The Tea Girl of Humming Bird Lane by Lisa See

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

By Jill's Scene on December 21, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

And why was the price of not saying the right words at the right time so high?

Auē by Becky Manawatu

By Jill's Scene on December 5, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

Maybe the day my family stopped existing, I did too.

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

By Jill's Scene on November 17, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Bernadine Evaristo purposefully takes her reader on a journey and I trusted her from the opening sentence.

The Tea Girl of Humming Bird Lane by Lisa See

By Jill's Scene on November 12, 2019 • ( 3 Comments )

“No coincidence, no story,”

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

By Jill's Scene on November 9, 2019 • ( 5 Comments )

Meddle, Dr Swenson did. Rather spectacularly.

Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley

By Jill's Scene on October 30, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

“Christine didn’t tell Alex that she’d invited Lydia to live with them”

The Year of Magical Thinking, a play by Joan Didion

By Jill's Scene on October 19, 2019 • ( 5 Comments )

“There is no eye on the sparrow.”

The Years by Annie Ernaux

By Jill's Scene on October 14, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

This is the book the dog ate, almost.

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

By Jill's Scene on September 26, 2019 • ( 4 Comments )

On a day like today, when her mind is in a turmoil, the vastness of the ocean offers solace.

My Brother’s Name is Jessica by John Boyne

By Jill's Scene on August 17, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

All Sam wants is his brother back, their family to be the way it used to be.

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Day 50 on the Camino de Santiago: Casa Domingo to Ribadiso

Day 49 on the Camino de Santiago: Ventas del Norte to Casa Domingo

Ecuador »

Night time jungle walk, Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve.

Two go to the jungle and return alive … eventually

Changing the guard in Quito

Quito

Laos »

My thanks to each and every one of you.

Getting connected in Northern Laos

Woo hoo! A guest post on Travel Gumbo!!

Women’s work – handcraft in Northern Laos

Street photography – thinking on the page

Myanmar (Burma) »

On elections

I need three feet; no, make that four.

Scooters and other matters in Bagan

Bagan: panoramas and temples

A meal to remember in Bagan

Thailand »

The Path of The Tiger by Sila Khoamchai

Ah, Chiang Mai

A reprise: Why go to Koh Wai, Thailand

Bangkok, City of Angels

Pray for Bangkok

Kia Ora Tatou

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