Which of us is Truly Alive?
I came away from the experience with the sense that, despite the difficult reality of living in Africa, there is a wholesomeness to life here.
Sala Kakhule
Together, we will take trains, planes, and automobiles across three southern African countries.
Follow the blue line to Africa…
Home to Africa
It will take about 20 hours to fly from Calgary to Johannesburg, a relatively brief journey when you consider that the outbound leg of the trip took 200,000 years.
Click on the wing tip for details.
I Will See Africa
My fascination with Africa began during a Saskatchewan blizzard.
Click on the African sky for details…
Making Big Rocks into Little Rocks
If customers couldn’t crush gravel for lack of manganese cones, they couldn’t make payments on their loans.
Click on the chemical element Mn for details…
Lang May Yer Lum Reek
We have a wood-burning stove, two fat lazy chairs, and some leftover eggnog; it should be a great evening.
Hopeless Infatuation
I bought a CD, which began a love affair that has not faded.
Forgotten Island Wine
Thomas Jefferson toasted the signing of The Declaration of Independence with a glass of Madeira wine.
Room 873
Darkness comes early in the shade of the Rocky Mountains. As gloom ascended, the mood of the Banff Springs Hotel darkened with it.
Why? In Three Languages
An internment camp established at the foot of Castle Mountain near Banff housed 660 enemy aliens.