Landschlacht, Switzerland, 20 July 2018 I have three books in my possession that offer three different ways to consider the Serbian capital city of Belgrade…. I can choose to be as Chris Farmer and be Grumpy in Belgrade, I can choose to be as Momo Kapor and feel The Magic of Belgrade, or I can… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Holy Field of Sparrows
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Canada Slim and the Battlefield Brotherhood
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Sunday, 8 July 2018 Sometimes it is difficult not to believe in fate. It strikes me as curious how my life, without planning it at times, seems to lend my writing its directions. My wife and I live only a stone´s throw away from Arenenberg (a chateau famous for being the final domicile… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Battlefield Brotherhood
Canada Slim and the Breviary of Bartholomew
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 30 June 2018 “Writing a blog about everything that happens to you will honestly help here.” (Therapist) “Nothing happens to me.”(John Watson, MD) (“A Study in Pink“, Sherlock) Two months ago (30 April) I began this post. Four days later I was involved in an accident resulting in both arms broken. After 3… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Breviary of Bartholomew
Canada Slim and the Lakeside Pilgrimage
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 24 April 2018 For quite some time in this, what has become my travel blog, I have written about my adventures and discoveries retracing the paths and the life story of Swiss reformer Huldrych Zwengli (between accounts of travels in London, Italy and Serbia). Above: Huldrych Zwingli (1484 – 1531) Using Marcel and… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Lakeside Pilgrimage
Canada Slim and the Land of Long Life
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 15 April 2018 So much has gone on and is going on in my life that it is difficult for my writing to keep up the pace. New events and new ideas crop up before I have completed writing about already started descriptions of older material. I am much like a man walking… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Land of Long Life
Canada Slim and the Land of Confusion
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 12 April 2018 Of the problems that plague me, one of the biggest is persistence: The ability to keep on keeping on. I have to constantly remind and encourage myself that “a professional writer is simply an amateur who didn´t quit”. (Richard Bachman) With my two blogs – this one and Building Everest… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Land of Confusion
Canada Slim and the Museum of Many
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 29 January 2018 It is easy to criticize, easy to destroy and belittle the efforts of others. Above: The very critical and much criticized President Donald Trump But sometimes criticism is unavoidable. I have had colleagues at work who have gone both directions when it comes to negativity and praise. … Continue reading Canada Slim and the Museum of Many
Canada Slim and the Privileged Place
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 26 January 2018 This morning I feel somewhat like Punxsawtawney Phil, the groundhog of the film Groundhog Day, chattering away furiously, while Bill Murray holds me firmly as he drives a car over a cliff sardonically telling me: Don´t drive angry. Perhaps this might be extended to encompass writing as well. Don´t write… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Privileged Place
Canada Slim and the Island of Anywhere
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 14 January 2018 “This could be Rotterdam or anywhere, Liverpool or Rome. ´Cause Rotterdam is anywhere. Anywhere alone. Anywhere alone.” (The Beautiful South, “Rotterdam (or Anywhere)”, Blue is the Colour) There are a couple of songs that I enjoy listening to from this group: “Don´t Marry Her” – purely for its shock value.… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Island of Anywhere
Canada Slim and the Uncertainty Principle
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 10 January 2018 Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I am reminded of this more and more these days as I watch events unfold again and again around the globe that suggest the politicization of society remains an ongoing clear and present danger. Politicization is, at least to… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Uncertainty Principle