Landschlacht, Switzerland, 12 August 2018 Perhaps I should have been recovering from yesterday’s Street Parade in Zürich, at present the most attended techno-parade in the world. Officially it is a demonstration for freedom, love and tolerance attended by up to one million people. In reality it has all the character of a popular festival, despite… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Family of Mann
Category: Literature
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 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
Canada Slim and the Monks of the Dark Forest
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 8 January 2018 The Common Era year 2017 ended a week ago, which means the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation also ended. 1 January 2018 was the 534th anniversary of the birth of Huldrych Zwingli, the Swiss German-speaking Reformer, whose life I have been retracing on foot through the advice of Marcel and… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Monks of the Dark Forest
Canada Slim and the Lady of Lovere
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 1 January 2018 As another New Year begins the question turns to New Year´s resolutions, to make them or avoid them, and if made what those resolutions should be. Above: New Year´s Eve, Sydney, Australia For example, some of us resolve to become fitter in the following twelve months, but those that know us… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Lady of Lovere
Canada Slim and the Lamp Ladies
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 30 December 2017 In this season of goodwill and gratitude for all the blessings we enjoy, those who are healthy should especially be thankful, for we live in an age when life expectancy is higher because mankind has developed medicines and methods to extend life and restore health. Granted there is still much significant… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Lamp Ladies
Canada Slim and the Last Walk of Robert Walser
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Christmas Day 2017 As my wife works – she is a doctor – I wonder what I am going to do with my days off. Weather is rather grey for walking and I am not particularly motivated to accomplish much housecleaning despite the need to do so. Of course, I could drag out… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Last Walk of Robert Walser