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    The Good Life in Galicia: An Anthology
    The Good Life in Galicia: An Anthology
    The Good Life in Galicia: An Anthology
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    The Good Life in Galicia: An Anthology

    By Stephen Bush

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    Galicia is a fascinating part of Green Spain, the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula, and sits in the north eastern most part, surrounded on two sides by the sea and on a third by Portugal. This short anthology contains writings about Galicia, including several pieces about the Ribeira Sacra, the Sacred Riverbank. Included are stories and articles about its people and its landscape, including the seasons in the vineyards. Wine is a liquid that flows throughout Spain, and in the deep valleys of the Ribeira Sacra region the grapes and their harvest hold an even more special place in the hearts of the people.

    Galicia is a also a land of close families and small villages that have existed almost unchanged for centuries.

    We hope you enjoy this brief look at an ancient land, one full of generous people and natural splendours, and agree that there is indeed a lot of good in a life in Galicia.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCyberworld Publishing
    Release dateOct 3, 2016
    ISBN9780995387324
    The Good Life in Galicia: An Anthology
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    Stephen Bush

    Stephen used to live on the east coast of Australia, but now lives in Southern Europe. He works in publishing and his writing has been published often, under other names. He regularly writes about dogs. For many years he worked as an accountant and lived in northern Australia. He likes the wide-open spaces. He also has too many dogs living in his house.

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      The Good Life in Galicia - Stephen Bush

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      http://www.cyberworldpublishing.com/

      This book is copyright © S Bush 2016

      First published by Cyberworld Publishing in 2016

      Cover design: Copyright Cyberworld Publishing 2016

      Cover photo: manipulated, Copyright: S. Bush 2016

      Photo of La Gorda: Copyright: J Suffolk

      All photos in Vendimia in the Ribeira Sacra of Galicia: Copyright: Stephen Bush

      E-book ISBN: 978-0-9953873-2-4

      Print ISBN: 978-0-9953873-4-8

      All rights reserved

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review or article, without written permission from the author or publisher.

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of these authors.

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      The Good Life in Galicia

      An Anthology

      Edited by S. Bush

      ~

      Contents

      Introduction

      Recipe: Galician Sopa de Calabacín

      by Stephen Bush

      Winner of First Prize, for fiction, in The Good life in Galicia short story competition 2016

      A Country Is More than Lines on a Map

      by Robin Hillard

      The Galician Virus

      by J. P. Vincent

      The Power of a Casual Word

      by Steve Kessel

      Winner of First Prize, for non-fiction, in The Good life in Galicia short story competition 2016

      La Gorda and the Asociacion Autocaravanistas de Galicia

      by J. P. Vincent

      Jesus Speaks Galician

      by Olivia Stowe

      Vendimia in the Ribeira Sacra in Galicia

      by Stephen Bush

      Extract from: The Camino de Santiago: A Sinner’s Guide

      by Eddie Rock

      Abandonment

      by J.P. Vincent

      About the Authors

      Introduction

      This anthology began as an idea for a competition to encourage people to write about Galicia and raise awareness of this fascinating part of Green Spain. As we are an English-language publisher the stories had to be in English, and to make it easy, entrants did not have to have lived in Galicia or to have even visited here.

      There were two outstanding contest entries—one in each category, fortunately, and they form the core of this anthology. A Country Is More than Lines on a Map by Robin Hillard, an Australian who has never been to Galicia, except on the Net, was the fiction winner, and her story is a Romance of many layers. La Gorda and the Asociacion Autocaravanistas de Galicia, by Galician resident J. P. Vincent, was the nonfiction winner and gives us a humorous look at how events, like a visit from the police, can change our lives.

      The rest of the anthology comprises works written by well-known authors who were invited to submit specially written pieces, or in the case of Eddie Rock, to allow us to use an excerpt from his book The Camino de Santiago: A Sinners Guide.

      In Jesus Speaks Galician, best-selling author Olivia Stowe has produced a homage to the importance of family and the openness of the Galician people. Steve Kessel has produced a foreigner’s view of Galicia in an almost Romance, and there are also poems, a recipe, and a story of the vineyards. The vines being an integral part of Galician life.

      We hope you enjoy this brief look at an ancient land, one full of generous people and natural splendours, and agree that there is indeed a lot of good in a life in Galicia.

      ~

      Recipe: Galician Sopa de Calabacín

      by Stephen Bush

      This year my vegetable garden (huerta) has produced an overabundance of zucchini (calabacin), and I have been busy making soup and freezing it for the winter. This recipe came from a woman I met in the local village shop, but she added some olive oil (aciete de olivia) to it. I prefer it without the oil.

      Galician Sopa de Calabacina

      Galician Zucchini/Courgette Soup

      Ingredients:

      (Preferably all vegetables are fresh from your vegetable garden (huerta), and the quantities and variety of ingredients used will depend mainly on what you have harvested on the day or have in your barn, or fridge.)

      Zucchini (calabacin)

      Onions (cebollas)

      Leeks (puerros)

      Potatoes (patatas)

      Chicken stock (caldo de pollo) made from real chickens and vegetables

      Spring water (agua de manantiel) from a local spring (font), if needed

      A large pot for cooking the soup in.

      Preparation:

      If the zucchini are small, just slice; if very large, like marrows, you may need to skin them and possibly deseed them before slicing.

      Peel and chop the onions.

      Clean and slice the leeks and discard the hard tops.

      Peel and slice the potatoes.

      Place alternating layers of potato, onion, zucchini, and leek in a large pot and just cover with the chicken stock or a mix of the chicken stock and spring water.

      Bring the soup to the boil and simmer gently until all ingredients are soft. Remove from stove and prepare to serve. May be served mashed, pureed, or in natural lumps.

      Serve with chorizo (preferably locally made) slices, traditional bread, a Galician wine, and good company.

      Enjoy.

      ~

      Winner of First Prize, for fiction, in The Good life in Galicia short story competition 2016

      A Country Is More than Lines on a Map

      by Robin Hillard

      You’ve got a lovely position here, Jacqui said, walking to my big window and gazing at the land that stretched below the downward sweep of my garden. It’s nearly as good as Galicia, she added, laughing as she quoted her grandmother.

      I laughed with her. The words took me back many years, away from my Queensland home and across a continent, to a hot

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