Icelandic hospitality
In 1872, Robert Francis Burton spent a summer in Iceland. He was a famous world traveler. During his travels, he took great risks. He was the only non-Muslim to participate in the hajj, traveling to Mecca in disguise at risk of his life. He learned twenty-eight languages plus the customs of many cultures. He came to Iceland obsessed with the idea of re-starting the sulfur mines as he saw them as a way to create employment in Europe
The New Canada
What Kind of Society Are We?
Last weekend, when I was driving to the ferry, I saw one of my old colleagues. We
The Birthday Party
We could hear the music as we threaded through the trees, down the twisting, rocky path. Fir trees, moss, ferns crowded the narrow trail. The cedar house to which we are going sits on the edge of a sharp fall off. It
Love and Alzheimers
When my son was in high school, he came home one afternoon all excited. He said there
jogging
When I
The New Democracy
They haven
Meeting People
Today is a real West Coast day in Victoria. Drizzle collects on my glasses in beads that aren
The Meaning of Home
Over the last decade or so, a lot of people have become confused about the difference between a home and an investment. They sit at dinner parties and talk about how much their house has gone up in value since they bought it. They talk about how it
Dare to look
When I recently checked into the Delta, the woman checking me in said,
