Monthly Archives: March 2018
Fire and Fury
My plan was not to read this book. I had read enough reviews to know pretty much everything in it, there would be nothing new. However, as a political junkie it was just too irresistible. Fire and Fury has left me thinking not about the chaos that is the Trump White House but more about […]
Bus Mystery
If you visit here regularly you know I am a big supporter of public transit. No matter where I am. My home town is Ottawa, and the system there regularly frustrated me; I have written about it often. The frustrations didn’t stop me from using it daily. When it worked it was a great ride […]
Political Musings For Your Wednesday
What is the goal of a political party? Is it to win power or is it to put forward policies that will be good for all even if they are unpopular? As Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives choose a new leader this weekend I’ve been pondering the question. Ontario voters will elect a new provincial government in […]
The Easter Bunny Comes Early
My wife texted me shortly after she left for her walk to work. “We have a rabbit.” I knew she didn’t mean that we had acquired a bunny, I don’t want pets in our apartment, but rather that she had seen one. I didn’t find that surprising. Her walk takes her through the vineyards. I […]
Comfort Food
My son came for a visit last week. I assumed one of the reasons was to enjoy some of my cooking. Why else leave sunny Rome for cloudy Sulzburg? I asked if there was anything he would particularly like, and he said no, which left it up to me. I enjoy cooking. It’s partly […]
Gun Culture
There have been many words, probably millions, written in the past couple of weeks after the latest mass shooting in the United States. I debated whether I was going to contribute to the discussion, wrote a post and put it on the back burner, deciding that a few more days or weeks to percolate was […]
What A Difference a Day Makes
Thursday was sunny, and the stream that runs through Mullheim was freezing over. It didn’t feel that cold to me, and running water takes a while to freeze. Friday was cloudy, then a snow storm hit (though we didn’t see snow in Sulzburg, 10 kilometres away). Seemed like the same temperature to me, but it […]
The Belchen – IV
One last look at the snow and the view – until summer anyway.
The Belchen – III
Today and tomorrow just a few more pictures of one of the Black Forest’s foremost tourist atractions.
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