Yearly Archives: 2024 It was one of those ‘pinch-me’ moments. I was finally getting to visit those magical Greek islands that we all know from photographs: islands with endless blue skies and dusty green olive groves; towns with winding cobbled streets and the buildings all whitewashed with blue trim; a landscape with small blue-domed Orthodox churches everywhere you […]  Not thirty minutes north – or south – of my home, I can be in Beowa National Park. This 8,900 ha (22,000 acres) park was established in 1971, and consists of two coastal sections running north-south alongside the South Pacific Ocean, on either side of Twofold Bay and the town of Eden. It was originally […]  The Cardamom Hills of Kerala. The name is as heady as the rich array of exotic spices and fruits that grow there, and the wild animals that hide out in the jungle expanses. The Cardamom Hills form the highest part of Western Ghats, a range of mountains and hills that run north – south through […]  (Click to start Still Water by Daniel Lanois.) The morning started early, with the rousing sounds of Sunday gospel and Sacred Steel from the American South. The evening rounded out with silky smooth songs by Canadian legend Daniel Lanois. Sunday at the Vancouver Island Musicfest in Comox, BC, featured a diversity of musicians from countries […]  Having spent most of my life in what the West calls the “New World” or the “Colonies”, I haven’t had a lot of access to the great cities of Europe. So, when the opportunity arises to visit one of those historical cities, I am thrilled! I had two short stops in Athens: I had spent […] |
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