Monthly Archives: January 2018

Following our pilgrimage from Saint Jean Pied de Port, France to Santiago, Spain (the famous 800 kilometre long Camino) in the fall of 2915, my wife and I returned to Paris where we decided to spend time visiting the “Jardin … Continue reading →

In a world that is structured around community, there are no real individual rights. Relationships are about negotiation. I will give you this freedom, if you give up that freedom. We don’t have the right to anything, even life. Once one realises that one isn’t owed … Continue reading →

Just weeks before I returned with my wife to teach in a university in China, I found myself needing to escape from the confines of my clothing. It had been a hard summer, issues with my aging and dying mother … Continue reading →

My first recollection of being naked in a nature setting came from when I was thirteen with the scene having me at a dugout out in the Alberta countryside with three other boys. I was the last to discard my … Continue reading →

The original version of this post appeared in June, 2011 not long after I returned with my wife from our third year of teaching in a Chinese university in a city about three hours from Shanghai. As I wander through … Continue reading →

Why did I choose this photo taken many years ago?  Why did I even take it back then? It was my first intentional self-portrait that dared to challenge my self-identity but that wasn’t the reason. The truth is, I don’t … Continue reading →

I know, the title sounds offensive. How could I even resort to using words such as this? I mean, this is supposed to be a place where I calmly and dispassionately look at the human psyche, both personal and collective, … Continue reading →

Know thyself.  I had lived a busy life as a teacher and as a school administrator. Raising three children with my wife and doing my part in the community, filled up all of my waking hours. I was a successful … Continue reading →

I am on the upper outside balcony at Casa Valdivia which we have rented for almost three months in this photo taken on the third. We didn’t realise it when we had moved up our time in Olón, but we … Continue reading →

We were staying at the Hosteria Isramar where we checked in on Christmas Eve. I got sick for the last few days while there which kept me close to the Hosteria for the most part, as well as the beach … Continue reading →