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The Consequences of Righteous Outrage: false accusation and police interrogation

July 3, 2021

28 May 2021. The Skytrain has pulled into a station. I’m sitting quietly waiting for it to move again when …

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Winter in Montreal

March 4, 2021

Of course all that follows is pre-Covid. There was no Christmas in Montreal in 2020. My feet are killing me. …

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Just one person – in photographs from around the world

January 22, 2021

There’s an instagram account called insta_repeat. Each post is a composite of twelve photos of an identical (or very similar) …

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The God of Rice – a Fushimi-Inari pilgrimage.

December 5, 2020

From the beginning of time we humans have worshipped mountains. They are the highest and most impressive elements of any …

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Kyoto’s Magical Mountain – hiking from Kurama to Kibune

October 23, 2020

18 March 2019 I really wanted to hike the Nakasendō, a 534-kilometre ancient highway between Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo). It …

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Gateway to God: Haridwar on the Ganges

October 5, 2020

5 March 2019 We first went to India in 2012 and lived in Tiruvannamalai in the southern state of Tamil …

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A Tale of Two Seasons – summer and fall on Vancouver Island

September 26, 2020

3-6 July and 22-25 Oct 2019 Sitting on the ferry carrying us across the Salish Sea to Vancouver Island I’m …

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The Harbinger of Spring – plum blossoms at Kyoto’s shrines

September 14, 2020

12-25 March 2019 I’m either too early or too late. The best time to see the wisteria in Tokyo is …

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Just Don’t Call Me Sprightly: musings on turning seventy

September 3, 2020

I’m astonished to discover I’m seventy. It feels surreal, as if it doesn’t belong to me, as if I’m wearing …

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A Portrait of India – a photo essay

August 16, 2020

When I travelled in my twenties and early thirties I never wanted to go to India. I’d heard of the …

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Jungle Adventure – a Kinabatangan River cruise in Borneo, Malaysia

August 6, 2020

15 March 2020 There are two things I remember about the very long bus ride from Sepilok to the lodge …

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Here Be Dragons – Kiyomizudera Temple and the Seiryū-e Festival, Kyoto

July 25, 2020

13-14 March 2019 It begins with a long mournful drone on conch shells. The sound fills the air like a …

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Wild Majesty: Pacheedaht Beach and Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island

July 17, 2020

24 October 2019 It is bigger than Belgium, much bigger than Crete, about the same size as Taiwan, and nearly …

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People of the Forest – the orangutangs and other wildlife of Borneo, Malaysia

June 27, 2020

13-17 March 2020 Initially Don didn’t want to go at all. As usual when we’re planning a trip he checks …

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Fear at the beginning. Unusual for me. Perhaps prescient. I don’t know. Something could go wrong! After one of the flights we’d booked was cancelled and as we continued trying to book flights Don suddenly thought of a reading from the I Ching: Difficulty at the Beginning. At the beginning. It was still difficult in the middle, and all the way to the end. Latest blog post: Wow! What a Ride! An overview of seven weeks in Croatia and Greece. Link in bio.
Fear at the beginning. Unusual for me. Perhaps prescient. I don’t know. Something could go wrong! After one of the flights we’d booked was cancelled and as we continued trying to book flights Don suddenly thought of a reading from the I Ching: Difficulty at the Beginning. At the beginning. It was still difficult in the middle, and all the way to the end. Latest blog post: Wow! What a Ride! An overview of seven weeks in Croatia and Greece. Link in bio.
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Three weeks in Croatia. Beautiful, kind, and welcoming. We had some challenges, but the beauty of Croatia was worth it. These photos: Dinner on the balcony of our Airbnb on Vis island, and the incomparable Plitvice Lakes National park. Latest blog post: One Darn Thing After Another! Three Weeks In Croatia. Link in bio
Three weeks in Croatia. Beautiful, kind, and welcoming. We had some challenges, but the beauty of Croatia was worth it. These photos: Latest blog post: One Darn Thing After Another! Three Weeks In Croatia. Link in bio
Three weeks in Croatia. Beautiful, kind, and welcoming. We had some challenges, but the beauty of Croatia was worth it. These photos: The main square in the town of Hvar on the island of Hvar, and the harbour in Dubrovnik. Latest blog post: One Darn Thing After Another!

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