Our friendly world travelers at the Oregon State Capitol Dad and I are just on our Air Canada flight home from Portland. What a fun week we just had! The…
Campbell River, Vancouver. Sunset on the Discovery Passage Enjoying my first few days off in months, my family and I headed to north-central Vancouver Island for some of the best…
Colombian Peace? Finding the path to freedom in Central Colombia June 23, 2016 will long be remembered as the most important day in the European Union as most bafflingly, the…
First Nations Mural on Vancouver Island Celebrate is perhaps a bit generous. Survival is perhaps a bit harsh. The aboriginal people who have inhabited what is now ‘Canada’ – for…
Mrs. Meek, beside me, on my right, in Belfast, Ireland Living the semi-nomadic life as I do, I have the pleasure of meeting so many truly enjoyable people, yet from…
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.…
Che Guevara, in Revolution Square Business in Cuba. The Great Communist Island has legalized business. Well, small and medium business, to be precise: Here is a BBC article. Of course,…
San Francisco to Vancouver. Saying goodbye at Granville Market Big Trees! This is one of the most beautiful and seismically active trips in North America. Indeed while driving north we were…
Volcanoes dot the landscape throughout Central America The current seismic event is in little, beautiful and organized Costa Rica. The major eruption is just 50 km’s from San Jose, CR’s capital…