Landschlacht, Switzerland, Sunday 5 May 2019 Imagine the perfect holiday. Perhaps it is an active one spent hiking and windsurfing. Perhaps you are a culture vulture mesmerized by museums and attracted to artefacts of days gone by. Or perhaps you long for a lengthy siesta where your hardest decision is how much sunscreen to wear… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Pirates of Teguise
Category: Literature
Canada Slim and the Legacy of Left Boy
Landschlacht, Switzerland (Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera) Thursday 24 April 2019 She is susceptible. He is impossible. They have their cross to share. Three of a perfect pair. He has his contradicting views. She has her cyclothymic moods. They make a study in despair. Three of a perfect pair. One, one too many Schizophrenic tendencies Keeps it complicated… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Legacy of Left Boy
Canada Slim and the Man Who Invented the Future
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 21 January 2019 (Continued from Canada Slim and the Visionary & Canada Slim and the Current War) “Imagine a man a century ago, bold enough to design and actually build a huge tower with which to transmit the human voice, music, pictures, press news and even power, through the Earth to any distance… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Man Who Invented the Future
Canada Slim and the Freudian Slippers
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 15 January 2018 I have spoken of Sigmund Freud before. Above: Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) And I must confess to a reluctance to like the man and his theories, for the same reason I am reluctant to embrace Charles Darwin and his theories: Above: Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) Admitting… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Freudian Slippers
Canada Slim and the Shrine of Italian Victories
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 25 December 2018 Picture if you will a lake without compare, a Mediterranean oasis immersed in the savage grandeur of alpine mountains. A merger of nature and history brought together to form a corner of Paradise, where sandstone meets spinosa, and lemons are kissed by oleander, where bay and cedar and orange dance… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Shrine of Italian Victories
Canada Slim and the Anachronic Man
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 8 October 2018 anachronic: not belonging to the time where one finds oneself There are some places in the world where a person is immediately drawn to explore, either because of the sheer immensity of the place or because there is something truly remarkable there that cries out to be visited. Kilchberg,… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Anachronic Man
Canada Slim and the Visionary
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 7 October 2018 “I caution you. Expect much!” (Hugo Gernsback, Electrical Experimenter, January 1919) Above: Hugo Gernsback (1884 – 1967) In my apartment we have many things. These things seem so commonplace that we have taken this electrical world in which we live in for granted. Amongst the flotsam and jetsam and… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Visionary
Canada Slim and the Body Snatchers
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 4 September 2018 I should be dead. In fact, for at least a quarter of a century. Back in Canada, I tried to chop a log. The axe bounced off the log and sliced into my foot. A mile in the bush limp, a drive home, a quick dash to the local hospital… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Body Snatchers
Canada Slim and the Magnificent Homeland
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 26 August 2018 There is something about the politics of a number of nations today (the United States, North Korea, the Philippines, Venezuela) that reminds me again and again of the late Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Above: Il Duce Benito Mussolini (1883 – 1945) I have written about Mussolini before – his… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Magnificent Homeland
Canada Slim and the Museum of Innocence
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 19 August 2018 It has been ages since I have written about Turkey, but those who know me are aware that there are both many things I adore about this bridge between Asia and Europe and many things I abhor. Of the little exploration I have done in this great republic (the Turquoise… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Museum of Innocence