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De La Frontera
March 4-5, 2022 “Wow, oh wow!” -Colleen Dobbs - watching the countryside as we drove through Andalucia. In order to gain some...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 8, 20224 min read


Nulli Expugnabilis Hosti
March 3, 2022 "Look round, my boys, and view how beautiful the Rock appears by the light of the glorious fire.” -George Augustus Eliott...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 7, 20226 min read


Ronda
March 2, 2022 “The spectacle of this city, sitting on the bulk of two rocks rent asunder by a pickaxe and separated by the narrow, deep...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 3, 20222 min read


La Corrida
March 1, 2022 “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” ― Ernest...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 2, 20223 min read


The Day of Andalucia
February 26-28, 2022 “Just as the American image of Germany is Bavaria, the Yankee dream of Spain is Andalucia. This is the home of...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 1, 20223 min read


Laundry and other amazing sights
February 24-25, 2022 “The truth is, that I’m beginning to wonder if there is any greater pleasure in life than visiting Granada. …and it...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 26, 20223 min read


The Alhambra
February 23, 2022 “On such heavenly nights I could sit for hours at my window inhaling the sweetness of the garden, and musing on the...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 25, 20225 min read


Some Stories
“ An older woman was in a store looking at a mirror. “ I used to be young and beautiful’, she lamented sadly. A nearby customer overheard...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 23, 20224 min read


"The moving walkway..."
“Beautiful !” - Our waiter at our first restaurant we stopped at with each item I ordered. (It was) It has been almost two years ago...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 22, 20224 min read


Opening the Bunker Door
“The current state of everyone staying home is clearly untenable — for sanity, the economy and other reasons. But flipping a switch and...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 7, 20223 min read


A Thanksgiving to Remember
“You’re wrong Jenny….I know what love is….” - Forest Gump Yes I know Thanksgiving has long since past. However, the holiday was unique...

Glenn Dobbs
Jan 6, 20225 min read


Catahoula Days
“Old dogs can be a regal sight. Their exuberance settles over the years into a seasoned nobility, their routines become as locked into...

Glenn Dobbs
Aug 8, 20219 min read


Bocce Ball - An Appalachian Adventure
“Well, I'll never be a stranger and I'll never be alone Wherever we're together, that's my home” -Billy Joel “Because that’s what gay...

Glenn Dobbs
Jun 1, 20216 min read


Overhead Flights
“It’s very liberating” - Former President George W Bush after receiving his second vaccine injection. After Flash’s passing things...

Glenn Dobbs
Apr 26, 202111 min read


Chasing Fireflies
“And again, a few minutes later, a whisper to himself under the sky’s collapsing cobalt: Look the color! There are colors in his spectrum...

Glenn Dobbs
Mar 5, 20214 min read


A Nice Round Number
“Age. Age brings wisdom and the fine clarity that one gets at midnight on the tracks looking into the lights of an oncoming train. It...

Glenn Dobbs
Feb 28, 20215 min read


A Ghost Story
“Never tell too much. The monster is always scarier when it is still under the child’s bed” Stephen King Recently, I was looking for...

Glenn Dobbs
Jan 23, 20216 min read


Between Two Needles
“So it's an absolute lie that has killed thousands of kids. Because the mothers who heard that lie, many of them didn't have their kids...

Glenn Dobbs
Jan 11, 20215 min read


Today, the Confederate Flag flew in The United States Capitol
"It's going to be wild...." "...Remember this day forever" - Donald Trump “We’re in! We’re in! We’re in! We’re in! Derrick Evans is in...

Glenn Dobbs
Jan 7, 202110 min read


The Dobbs' 2020 (Vague &Unsolicited Anecdotes Issue # 35)
“Among the 41 confirmed cases, there has been one death. This death occurred in a patient with serious underlying medical conditions.” —...

Glenn Dobbs
Dec 20, 20206 min read
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