Eskisehir, Switzerland, Sunday 19 September 2021 As the dates below will show, this blog (The Chronicles of Canada Slim) (one of two) has suffered from neglect. I offer only one explanation: I have been….distracted. The purpose of The Chronicles of Canada Slim is to capture in writing my adventures prior to the calendar year. Generally,… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Last Battle
Category: Writing
Canada Slim and the Author’s Apartment 3: The Diplomat
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Tuesday 8 September 2020 It must be difficult for followers of this first of two blogs to remain faithful and patient with the Chronicles of Canada Slim as they are not as often written as those of Building Everest. To those who are new to the Chronicles, these posts are… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Author’s Apartment 3: The Diplomat
Canada Slim and the Invention of the Clear Day
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Monday 6 July 2020 Let there be no doubt: My souvenir book loves Porto. Above from the top left corner clockwise: Clérigos Church and Tower; Avenida dos Aliados; Casa da Música concert hall; Ribeira district; Avenida da Boavista business hub; Luiz I bridge and Porto from Vila Nova de Gaia “The… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Invention of the Clear Day
Canada Slim and the Harry Potter Fado
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Friday 11 October 2019 As you read what follows…. Download a fado piece. Portugal’s most famous musical form, fado (Portuguese for “fate“) is urban music, of night and bars, of a yearning that is beautiful and melancholic, accompanied by guitarra and viola. Above: Fado, José Malhoa (1910) To the south, fado… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Harry Potter Fado
Canada Slim and the Elastic Novice
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Tuesday 17 September 2019 Damn that man! One man’s writings has had and continue to have a major effect on my life and this has been reflected in my travels and I have already spoken of the man previously in this blog. Above: Charles Dickens, New York, 1867 (Please see Canada… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Elastic Novice
Canada Slim and the Author’s Apartment 1: Learning
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
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 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 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