Above: Sunrise, Antequera, España Eskişehir, Türkiye Tuesday 6 August 2024 I want to liveI want to giveI’ve been a minerFor a heart of goldIt’s these expressionsI never giveThat keep me searchingFor a heart of goldAnd I’m getting oldKeep me searchingFor a heart of goldAnd I’m getting old I’ve been to HollywoodI’ve been to RedwoodI crossed… Continue reading Let the sun rise over Antequera
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Canada Slim and the Secret Beauty
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Saturday 2 May 2020 (Lockdown Day #47) Easter, 1916 is a poem by W. B. Yeats describing the poet’s torn emotions regarding the events of the Easter Rising staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday 24 April 1916. The uprising was unsuccessful and most of the Irish republican leaders involved… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Secret Beauty
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 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 Body Snatchers
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 4 September 2018 I should be dead. In fact, for at least a quarter of a century. Back in Canada, I tried to chop a log. The axe bounced off the log and sliced into my foot. A mile in the bush limp, a drive home, a quick dash to the local hospital… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Body Snatchers
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 Museum of Many
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 29 January 2018 It is easy to criticize, easy to destroy and belittle the efforts of others. Above: The very critical and much criticized President Donald Trump But sometimes criticism is unavoidable. I have had colleagues at work who have gone both directions when it comes to negativity and praise. … Continue reading Canada Slim and the Museum of Many
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 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 Outcast
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 13 November 2017 Maybe it´s the endless days of grey skies outside or being restless with being confined indoors by illness that has got me feeling morbid of late. Perhaps my ghastly mood has been affected by the topics I have written about recently: ghosts and corpses on the London Tube (Canada Slim Underground) and the… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Outcast