I have, in recent days, attended a number of musical events here in Venice, all of them free. Let me describe some of them to you. The first ended up not being much of a concert at all. Reading about events in Venice on the city’s website, I saw the word “cello” and thought it [...]

Just when Kyle and I thought we had everything well-thought out for this adventure, we think of something else that has completely changed our plans! Kyle recently wondered about the legality of our planned lengthy stay on the Continent (Italy for a month, Camino for 2 months, and Germany for a month), and he discovered [...]

The news that Michael Jackson died last night put me in a weird and sad mood all day. I guess we’ll never know if he would have made any more great music, but 50 was far too young. My generation was born too late to witness any of his career except the unfortunate later stages, [...]

I have used a few free minutes of spare time in the last two days to create some interesting ways of looking at Venice. First of all, let’s examine the path I take to work every day: It looks reasonably straight, but every little left and right turn is critical to my successful navigation. Unlike [...]

Last Friday after work, I went to the Lido beach with Alberto and his family. It was a very pleasant time, and the water was as warm in mid-June as it ever gets at Nova Scotia’s beaches. There were some gentle waves, and the sand, except for a line of washed-up seashell fragments that were [...]