Our visit to Costa Rica

Costa Rica – in English it’s Rich Coast – is set in the waters of the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, a tranquil country nestled between Panama and Nicaragua, almost sedate in atmosphere and inhabited by a diverse population of four and a half million. (Click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)

The Ministry and Melancholy

Ministry personnel are more vulnerable to criticism, partly because they’re not trained to cope with it. (click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)

Now the Trudeau Years

Having lived through the Harper era and barely entered the Trudeau era, a saying of no less a man than Albert Einstein has, for me, a very apt ring to it: “Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow.” (Click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)

A Sad and Deeply Moral Matter

Given her circumstances, she trusted him. So get ready: she was exploited to the tune of roughly $80,000. In financial terms she’s ruined.(Click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)

I’m not just worried, I’m very worried.

I went to bed last night a divided man: I’d spent the day, reading and reasoning over writing this particular blog. It just might be too inflammatory or worse. In the morning, once I’d read the front section of The Globe and The Star I went to my study and now sit at the computer. (click on the blog's main title to read the whole.)