More Life Experiences in a Military Lockdown of Six Months, One Week and Three Days
Nobody but nobody – except perhaps the Chinese – saw Covid-19 coming. Nobody except donald trump knew what to do....
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Accounting for the Cash
My latest theory is that people should have to pass a shopping-cart test before they are allowed into a grocery...
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How We Had a Wonderful Time Spending Your Money
How We Had a Wonderful Time Spending Your Money Many thanks to generous kith and kin – you know who...
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How to do the Festive Season with Refugee Neighbours
It wasn’t hard to figure out that the people next door to the hotel/hostel I moved into in Medellin were...
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Can You Ever Go ‘Home’? An Account of Returning to Medellin
Can You Ever Go ‘Home’? An Account of Returning to Medellin Generally, my theory is not to back-track when it...
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How I Spent My 2019 Summer Vacation
How I Spent My 2019 Summer Vacation Wednesday 29 May – Since my stint as an illegal alien, I knew...
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Confessions of a Canadian Illegal Alien
“Pardon?” “You are not registered in the system,” the woman at Migraciones informed me when I went to get a...
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Fringing it at the Festival in 2019
Diverse, edgy, colorful, and sometimes downright controversial, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has sprawled out into the Scottish capital every August...
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Debbie Pelletier: Murder is Never Pretty
When I read and re-read the CBC article (nd) about the murder of Debbie Pelletier it hit me in the...
More Life Experiences in a Military Lockdown of Six Months, One Week and Three Days
Nobody but nobody – except perhaps the Chinese – saw Covid-19 coming. Nobody except donald trump knew what to do....
Accounting for the Cash
My latest theory is that people should have to pass a shopping-cart test before they are allowed into a grocery...
How We Had a Wonderful Time Spending Your Money
How We Had a Wonderful Time Spending Your Money Many thanks to generous kith and kin – you know who...
How to do the Festive Season with Refugee Neighbours
It wasn’t hard to figure out that the people next door to the hotel/hostel I moved into in Medellin were...
Can You Ever Go ‘Home’? An Account of Returning to Medellin
Can You Ever Go ‘Home’? An Account of Returning to Medellin Generally, my theory is not to back-track when it...
How I Spent My 2019 Summer Vacation
How I Spent My 2019 Summer Vacation Wednesday 29 May – Since my stint as an illegal alien, I knew...
Confessions of a Canadian Illegal Alien
“Pardon?” “You are not registered in the system,” the woman at Migraciones informed me when I went to get a...
Fringing it at the Festival in 2019
Diverse, edgy, colorful, and sometimes downright controversial, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has sprawled out into the Scottish capital every August...
Debbie Pelletier: Murder is Never Pretty
When I read and re-read the CBC article (nd) about the murder of Debbie Pelletier it hit me in the...
Converted: How Santa Catalina Changed My Life
Calm down – I didn’t move to the monastery down the street. Rather, my thinking has been “converted” in terms...
How to Settle in Arequipa in the Andes
How to Settle in Arequipa in the Andes Settling into a new country and a different city is always a...
Mark That Date – Saturday 6 June 2020 – for the Historic Hanson Happening
You are cordially invited to the Historical Hanson Happening in Sheho, Saskatchewan on Saturday, June 6, 2020 in the Cenotaph...
How to Travel With the Refugees
How to Travel With the Refugees The promos for the bus trip from Machala to Piura said it took about...
Meandering around Machala on the Way to Piura
Meandering around Machala on the Way to Piura It was time to go, that feeling when the road stretches out...
Was That a Sign From the Universe? Possibly
Since I was still awake at midnight-ish I checked my phone when it beeped. This is something I usually don’t...