Mission Hill Winery in West Kelowna, BC’s Okanogan
Now. I just finished reading the novel Crush by Jennifer Margaret Fraser, described as a wine thriller. I found it in the little free library on Granville Island near me, my […]
Now. I just finished reading the novel Crush by Jennifer Margaret Fraser, described as a wine thriller. I found it in the little free library on Granville Island near me, my […]
One thing I always take with me on every longer trip is a guidebook. Even with the web around, I still can’t imagine travelling without one. Each brand of guidebook […]
On the plane to Ireland I had to admit I didn’t much like James Joyce to my Irish seat-mate. She exclaimed, “Oh my dear, no one ever actually reads Joyce, they […]
Guadalajara, 2006. There’s a protest in the Zocalo. ‘LA PAX DE FOX’ reads one sign, the dove’s wings degrading into knives and bayonets, dripping blood. PAX is ‘peace‘, FOX is […]
I’m not fond of reading about war so none of the books I chose to read in Vietnam were about the Vietnamese War except as a backdrop. Instead the books […]
I always try to find a good selection of books to take with me when I travel and here are a few books I read while travelling through Myanmar, and […]
1637 was date of the collapse of the world’s first speculative bubble, all created by a passion for tulips. In Holland people mortgaged their houses to buy and sell tulip bulbs for ever-increasing […]
Quite by accident, the three novels I chose to take with me to Holland were all set back in the 1600s, the country’s Golden Age. The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy […]
Whenever I travel somewhere I search out novels that are set in that particular country. My choice for Spain was Don Quixote, primarily because our friend Eddy had been reading the book […]
Among my selection of books to read while I was in Myanmar were two famous novels, both featuring the crush of boats at U Bein Bridge in Mandalay on their […]
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Recognizing & appreciating our oneness with Nature
Wandering tales from around the coast of Wales
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Keep The Change
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chaparral notebook - high desert clay & scribbling
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"A photograph shouldn't be just a picture,it should be a philosophy" Amitkalantri.
drifting, exploring, surviving
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Reflections on places traveled and photos taken.
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