Well… I have had sufficient on-line conversations about the issue of the UK’s (England driven) referendum to leave the EU (European Union)- Brexit. Therefore I will try to articulate a…

Let’s get the facts right on immigration. Once again there has been a tragedy in the Mediterranean. A shipwreck off the coast of Libya has killed upwards of 700 people.…

At the Cliffs of Moher with Tommy Manning William of Orange (hence the orange stripe on the Irish flag). This controversial figure is affectionately know as ‘King Billy’ in certain…

A monument on the (still) British administered, North Coast of Ireland It has been one hundred years since the famous uprising in Dublin. Today, one can see the bullet marks…

Here is a blog from my friend, (award-winning) photographer and international tour guide, Yvette Barnett. I have know Yvette for many years and we recently caught up in Boston. She…

Just another hike – this one is Vancouver Island, but we ‘climb’ throughout the mountains. Falling from 8000 ft – How did we survive! Well, we actually survived because it…

*This article was written in 2015, before Donald Trump was elected president. The recent attempt to overthrow the US government simply seems the inevitable culmination of years of hate-mongering, lies…

Just the other day, my uncle Graham and I went looking for salamanders. We caught two little salamander nymphs in a tiny pond, near Canmore. I will take care of…

Boycott Saudi Arabia Support human rights and end the arms trade with religious fascists. Raif Badawi Deserves to Live The backward and abusive Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is again making…

The Museum of the Rockies is a very interactive museum. It took me a while to find the time to write the continuation of my trip to Utah, but I…