Author: canadaslim

Canada Slim and the Bloodthirsty Redhead

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 31 August 2017 It is with great fascination I read of the events of the Russian Revolution and the role that Switzerland played in it. I have visited exhibits in Zürich`s Landesmuseum and have photographed the outside of the residence where Lenin lived during his time in that city. I have always found it curious… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Bloodthirsty Redhead

Canada Slim and the Final Curtain

  Landschlacht, Switzerland, 25 August 2017 Back in May an employer of mine and I made an agreement: The school didn’t want me to work for them and I didn’t wish to work for the school. The position was ended to our mutual satisfaction and with little discomfort on either side. Despite my age diminishing my abilities of… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Final Curtain

Canada Slim and the Great Explorer

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 24 August 2017 Let me begin with an apology or two. Much time has gone by since I started this blog and I feel like a negligent parent towards this activity and the few folks who read this blog. Life has been busy and it has been complicated, but let´s try to recapture the muse… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Great Explorer

Canada Slim and the Forgotten

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 30 May 2017 Marriage ain’t easy. “My successful marriage is built on mistakes. It may be founded on love, trust and a shared sense of purpose, but it runs on cowardice, impatience, ill-advised remarks and low cunning. But also: apologies, belated expressions of gratitude and frequent appeals for calm. Every day is a… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Forgotten

Canada Slim and the Greatest Villain

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 26 May 2017 I read the news and I feel sometimes that all the media seems to report is bad news – news that angers or saddens me. To be fair, it’s not the media’s fault completely… Bad things happen in the world. It is a terrible thing to admit, but nothing encourages us to… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Greatest Villain

Canada Slim and the Great Expedition

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 25 May 2017 We live in an age where we take for granted many things and we only seem to question things when they don’t happen as we think they should. We live in an age where we casually accept what is, without questioning how it came to be. The older I get,… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Great Expedition

Canada Slim and the Bimetallic Question

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 18 May 2017 In my last blogpost, Canada Slim and the Final Problem, I told of my visit to the Reichenbach Falls where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) ended the life of his detective hero. Sherlock Holmes is dead. So suggests the plaque marking the spot where Holmes and Professor Moriarty wrestled… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Bimetallic Question

Canada Slim and the Final Problem

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 17 May 2017 They almost have lives and yet we cannot forget them, for they haunt us in the worlds of literature, film, TV, advertising and video games. Ours is a world inhabited by Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones, Wonder Woman and Darth Vader, Santa Claus and Cinderella, James Bond and Harry Potter. They… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Final Problem

Bullets and ballots

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 20 April 2017 On Easter Sunday, the Turkish people had an election and chose to support President Recep Erdogan by a slim minority of votes. (3% victory margin) Depending on who you listen to, this means that either the President has now received a mandate to exercise unbridled power or he can now make democratic… Continue reading Bullets and ballots