Speeding across snow and ice, powered by wind and remarkably little effort, I wonder why it has taken me so long to try kite skiing… It is fun and surprisingly easy. Earlier this year I celebrated a reasonably important birthday and my family set aside $20 per year of life for some sort of activity (I wasn't allowed to save the money). I considered another heli-ski … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2016
No Worries – you’re welcome, eh :)
Stop saying 'no worries' if that is not what you mean! Language, dialects, and accents are among the more obvious indicators of cultural traits and indeed language is dynamic. I enjoy accents in all the languages I know and am very interested in understanding regional linguistic trends. Yet I find myself a little - really only mildly - annoyed by the supplanting of … [Read more...]
Canadian Rockies in Winter
Some pictures from the Canadian Rockies including images taken of Banff, Jasper, Athabasca and Calgary by Patrick Twomey. … [Read more...]