Landschlacht, Switzerland, 11 October 2017 Watching American politics these days is like being witness to a horrific traffic accident: You want to look away but somehow…. You just can´t. So much every day exploding or threatening to explode in the overly Excited States of America. And yet it is this constant turmoil of emotion and endless,… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Inappropriate Statues
Category: Literature
Canada Slim and the Evil Road
9 September 2017, Landschlacht, Switzerland I am determined to not write myself into too predictable a rut. There have been a number of themes running through the posts of this blog since I started it back on 18 May 2015. I have written of many things: my travels in Switzerland and abroad, topics currently relevant at the time… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Evil Road
Canada Slim and the Lure of Italian Journeys
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 4 September 2017 It´s not that Switzerland isn´t inspirational. It is. It has inspired Anita Brookner’s Hotel du Lac and Albert Cohen’s Her Lover. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein here and Lord Byron The Prisoner of Chillon. From Julius Caesar to Jean Jacques Rousseau, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and John Le Carré, Hermann Hesse and Patricia Highsmith… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Lure of Italian Journeys
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 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
Dreams of dragonflies
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Good Friday 2017 Perhaps a sacrifice is necessary for good to be achieved. Over 2,000 years ago, it is said that the crucifixion of one man led to the salvation of all mankind. Perhaps this is so. Clearly this man of God had to give up much to achieve a greater good. And… Continue reading Dreams of dragonflies
A Revolution of One: Under the Covers
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 29 March 2017 You say you want a revolution, but you are not really sure where to start. There are just so many things wrong with this world that demand change. In this series A Revolution of One, I have written about the importance of passion and the value of keeping a journal to discover what… Continue reading A Revolution of One: Under the Covers