The origin of the one-armed crab lies in a relatively thin rock layer in the Spanish Pyrenees, which contains abundant fossils of crabs distinguishing themselves by having just one arm. Anyhow, long story, not very relevant, but since then I have gone out of my way to find one-armed crabs, real ones, living ones. See the Sumba entries, for instance. I didn’t have to be so picky, I now realise: there is a much easier way to create a one-armed crab. Lindy did so, for my last birthday! Life is so easy!!
Recent Posts
- 20. another word on group travel
- 19. what to make of ten days in Syria?
- the atelier of Mustafa Ali
- 18. Damascus (2)
- 17. Damascus
- 16. Palmyra
- 15. Homs
- 14. Hama
- the Mosaics Museum in Ma’arat al-Numan
- 13. Apamea and the mosaics museum
- 12. Aleppo
- 11. the road to Aleppo
- 10. the factory
- 09. Krak des Chevaliers
- 08. Ma’loula
- 07. Bosra
- 06. Al Quneitra
- 05. the Golan Heights.
- 04. the border
- 03. the past, and especially the recent past