Landschlacht, Switzerland, Friday 10 April 2020 (Lockdown Day #24) At present, we live in interesting times, as the Chinese curse intended. Stores are shuttered. Church services suspended. My sources of employment closed. My movements outside of the apartment discouraged and travels outside the country denied. For three weeks this has been normal life across this… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Magical Cactus
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Canada Slim and the Birth of a Nation
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 9 October 2017 I was 24 and living in Ottawa, Canada, in 1989, when I read the news about the fall of the Berlin Wall that had separated West Germany from East Germany for a generation. Above: Centre Block, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Canada I would see remnants of this wall in subsequent visits to… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Birth of a Nation