Landschlacht, Switzerland, Monday 2 June 2019 Thursday was Ascension Day, a holiday commemorated in both Thurgau Canton (where my wife works) and in St. Gallen Canton (where I work), and, to our mutual surprise, we found ourselves both free from the obligations of employment simultaneously. A miracle almost as spectacular as someone rising to Heaven… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Voices without Echo
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Canada Slim and the War of the Oranges
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 6 August 2018 Back a few days ago from my third trip to Portugal, my first to Porto and the north of the country. The most western nation of continental Europe, Portugal shares the Iberian Peninsula with Spain, but this land of foggy fishing villages and tiny hamlets set deep in cork forests… Continue reading Canada Slim and the War of the Oranges