Golden Pine

Letter from Europe: Knocking on Heaven’s Door

A theological long weekend.

In Praise of Older Highways

In the wake of another dusting of winter snow, Max Fawcett muses about an unlikely vacation destination.

The Rome Airport Hilton

Brian Fawcett stays at the Rome Airport Hilton, and doesn’t much like it

In Translation

Norbert Ruebsaat rereads Rilke and revisits a cirque.

A Couple of Days at Surf Lodge

Brian Fawcett files a fond report about one of B.C.'s gulf Islands, which has a wealth of conventional virtues, and one that most people wouldn't think is a virtue at all.

Global Village Despatch

Brian Fawcett finds the “real” Global Village at work in a small B.C. town

Kee Tseel: Living Silence

Margaret Randall travels to a place of "living silence."

Rideau Hall

Brian Fawcett stays overnight at the residence of Canada’s Governor General, and is very surprised by what he finds

Angkor Wat

Where the middle of nowhere turns out to be the centre of everywhere. Tales of a timid time traveller.

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