Landschlacht, Switzerland, Tuesday 8 September 2020 It must be difficult for followers of this first of two blogs to remain faithful and patient with the Chronicles of Canada Slim as they are not as often written as those of Building Everest. To those who are new to the Chronicles, these posts are… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Author’s Apartment 3: The Diplomat
Tag: Serbia
Canada Slim and the Author’s Apartment 1: Learning
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Thursday 13 June 2019 In everyone’s life there are marker moments that separate who you were from who you are, as significant to the individual as BC and AD are to the Western calendar. I have had my share of such moments in my own life. Some are as obvious as scar tissue… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Author’s Apartment 1: Learning
Canada Slim and the Current War
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 17 October 2018 (Continued from Canada Slim and the Visionary) What has gone before…. I visited Serbia this past April and spent a few wonderful days exploring the Serbian capital of Belgrade. Of the many wonders to explore and of the many things Belgrade and Serbia have to offer, one particular attraction that… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Current War
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 Land of Long Life
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 15 April 2018 So much has gone on and is going on in my life that it is difficult for my writing to keep up the pace. New events and new ideas crop up before I have completed writing about already started descriptions of older material. I am much like a man walking… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Land of Long Life
A union in name only?
“Every person who comes is a human being and has the right to be treated as such.” Angela Merkel, German Chancellor “As throngs of Africans and Arabs turn Italian and Greek islands and eastern European railway stations into refugee camps, the Chancellor has taken a brave stand. She has denounced xenophobes, signaled Germany’s readiness to… Continue reading A union in name only?
Oops! Did we do that?
At least seven people were killed on Monday when a warplane mistakenly dropped a bomb on a residential area in Baghdad. The Iraqi plane dropped the bomb on Ne’iriyah district in southeastern Baghdad, destroying six houses and damaging several nearby buildings and civilian cars. (Deccan Herald, 6 July 2015) The more things change, the more… Continue reading Oops! Did we do that?