Old Havana Not to Be Missed
It's good to have an end to journey to,” wrote Ernest Hemingway, “but it’s the journey that matters in the end.” I wonder if Hemingway wrote it with his travels to his much-loved Havana in mind. (Click on the article's main title to read the whole.)
A Way of Death?
Not that long ago, an elderly man in Holland got a shock nobody wants: he made an appointment to see his doctor but when he arrived at the office the physician’s greeting was a surprise. “I thought you were coming,” he said, “for euthanasia.” (to read the whole, click on the blog's main title.)
Casinos. Bad for your health?
Right off the top, for my own reason, I think I’ll confess: I’ve never gambled, not even buying a single raffle ticket. Sometimes I contribute the money but skip the ticket. My Nova Scotia parents taught me that. (to read the whole, click on the blog's main title.)
Old San Juan – A Jewel Box of History
My visits to Old San Juan, a jewel of history in Puerto Rico, recall a line attributed to Hillaire Belloc, an Anglo-French poet of the early 1900s: “We wander for distraction, we travel for fulfilment.” (Click on the article's main title to read the whole.)
The Towers are Coming
“What happens anywhere,” a popular theological thinker once said, “matters everywhere.” That’s why the development chaos breaking over our Toronto neighborhood -- Yonge and Eglinton -- matters beyond Toronto. (Click on the blog's main title to read the whole.)