Landschlacht, Switzerland, Thursday 13 June 2019 In everyone’s life there are marker moments that separate who you were from who you are, as significant to the individual as BC and AD are to the Western calendar. I have had my share of such moments in my own life. Some are as obvious as scar tissue… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Author’s Apartment 1: Learning
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Canada Slim and the Voices without Echo
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Monday 2 June 2019 Thursday was Ascension Day, a holiday commemorated in both Thurgau Canton (where my wife works) and in St. Gallen Canton (where I work), and, to our mutual surprise, we found ourselves both free from the obligations of employment simultaneously. A miracle almost as spectacular as someone rising to Heaven… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Voices without Echo
Canada Slim and the Mandir of Nose Hill
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Tuesday 21 May 2019 This Sunday in Switzerland some folks will attend services in either a Reformed Church or a Roman Catholic Church and both groups will call themselves Christian. And as the Earth spins around the Sun, from the Dark Continent of Africa to the Canadian tundra, Christians will kneel… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Mandir of Nose Hill
Canada Slim and the Pirates of Teguise
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
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