Sunday 9 February 2025 Eskişehir, Türkiye “The thing I fear most is fear.“ Michel de Montaigne, Essais Above: French writer Michel de Montaigne (1533 – 1592) Picture him in a tunic, a linen or woolen garment that fell to his knees, dyed in earthy tones like brown, gray, or deep green, reflecting his philosophical practicality. Over… Continue reading Fearless?
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An unknown country
Eskişehir, Türkiye 20 April 2024 “What sort of diary should I like mine to be? Something loose knot and yet not slovenly, so elastic that it will embrace anything, solemn, slight or beautiful that comes into my mind. I should like it to resemble some deep old desk or capacious hold-all, in which one flings… Continue reading An unknown country
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 Vienna Waltz
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 9 December 2017 There are moments when one has to accept one´s limitations. For example, the wife and I were asked to attend her employer´s Christmas Party yesterday evening, but neither one of us was healthy (or motivated) enough to attend. I have been home all week when I would have rather been working, but… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Vienna Waltz
Canada Slim and the Right Man
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 6 December 2017 Is there such a thing as an indispensable man? This is a question I have often asked myself when considering both my life and the lives of the famous. I ask myself this question recently as I am, once again, forced to remain at home in bed with, yet another cold… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Right Man