Tag: religion

Canada Slim and the Succulent Collection

Landschlacht, Switzerland, Friday 13 November 2020 I have, since 12 November 2017, written a series of posts about my adventures and discoveries following a book’s walking itinerary that traces the “footsteps” and life of Swiss reformer Huldrych Zwingli, from his birthplace in the village of Wildhaus to his final resting place in Kappel am Albis.… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Succulent Collection

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 Lemon Mutants

Landschlacht, Switzerland, Saturday 14 March 2020 From Brescia Today, Friday 6 March 2020 There are 268 cases of corona virus infections confirmed in Italy’s Brescia Province, while deaths there have risen to 18. Fifteen new municipalities have been added to the epidemic network, which previously had not presented any infection: Acquafredda, Borgosatollo, Castenedolo, Darfo Boario… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Lemon Mutants

Canada Slim and the City at the Crossroads

Landschlacht, Switzerland, Saturday 6 July 2019 In previous posts in both my blogs I have written about the quiet majesty and remarkable beauty of the French region known as Alsace.     As evidenced by the post you are reading, I continue to wax poetically about this region, simply because I find myself consistently drawn… Continue reading Canada Slim and the City at the Crossroads

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 Holy Field of Sparrows

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 20 July 2018 I have three books in my possession that offer three different ways to consider the Serbian capital city of Belgrade…. I can choose to be as Chris Farmer and be Grumpy in Belgrade, I can choose to be as Momo Kapor and feel The Magic of Belgrade, or I can… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Holy Field of Sparrows

Canada Slim and the Calculated Cathedral

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 29 November 2017 It is a season of grey days and black, almost eternal, nights. As much as I comprehend why Canadians celebrate their Thanksgiving in October rather than November because the growing seasons are shorter up there, I occasionally wonder if the Americans might not be onto something by celebrating life at… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Calculated Cathedral

Adam in the Abbey 1: The Road to New Norcia

Landschlacht, Switzerland, 2 September 2016 / 15 September 2016 Homer once said that all men have need of the gods. And maybe this is so, for since time began we have sought a way to understand, and perhaps even influence, powerful natural phenomena, such as weather and the seasons, creation, life, death and its aftermath. There… Continue reading Adam in the Abbey 1: The Road to New Norcia

Saints and monsters

It was with the greatest pleasure that I spent most of the first two days of December in my favourite European City, Freiburg im Breisgau, the “capital” of southwestern Germany´s Black Forest. I have in two previous posts briefly touched upon my last visit to Freiburg (Sign of the Times / Victims of the Machine)… Continue reading Saints and monsters