I decided that my way to Africa was as a teacher. It took two years to get everything sorted. And longer to get there. I was facing two big hurdles: I’d never taught, and I’d never lived in another culture.
I’ve been thinking Sam Neill thoughts since learning of his passing. This has led me back to “Until The End of The World” (1991). The film is a good example of a William Gibson’s quote that I like, “The future is already here, it’s just not distributed evenly.”
Language and culture are obviously heavily related to each other, and impact each other greatly, but I wonder what role climate plays in the development of verb tenses in language.
I used to keep a travel blog called Vicarious Vistas. It was the first site that I attempted to port
It’s been five years since I left Africa, possibly, but hopefully not, for good (and eight years since I lived
Watching Zimbabwe politics from this close is interesting. Robert Mugabe has clearly lost the election, but he won’t give up
This came up a while ago and I’ve been thinking about it off and on. How do you define where
Fortune cookies are very much a North American invention. Even though we think of them as being “Chinese Food,” people
A recent article in my hometown newspaper, the Hamilton Spectator, got me thinking. The article, which was almost laughable in
As long back as I can remember, I’ve had it in my head that I would end up in Africa,
