Photo was taken on the beach at Cala de Mijas, southern Spain on the beautiful Costa del Sol

Along the Spanish coastline the fishing industry is still thriving even in the busy tourist spots. Local fishermen do a brisk trade in the evenings as the people come off the beach with these delicious fish, grilled on the seashore over a campfire, rubbed with salt and oil and ready to go on a stick!

Thought on Wednesday – July – 27/07/2011

‘A big part of a weekend break is devouring a full Irish breakfast. But these days a strange intruder has appeared – small, generally greasy, always tasteless and best described as rectangular things called ‘hash browns’. These bear about as much resemblance to proper hash brown potatoes as I do to a ring-tailed lemur!’ ~Gloria Gaghan

You can’t beat the real thing when it comes to home cooking and baking. Some try and copy those special recipes but the end result like the hash brown can often fall short. There are also many recipes out there to nourish us spiritually. Some fall well short but many are life giving, personal and priceless. The ones that work best are often the ones that are simple, often done quietly and without fuss. The God we believe in can never be tied down to one exclusive recipe. Each spiritual recipe should allow us to express our inner most thoughts and to be free to say what we want. It should allow us to turn to God in prayer, be it a few simple words or something that just can’t be put into words. If it works for you, then your recipe is precious, priceless and something to treasure each day.