Monthly Archives: November 2010

Published: 2 Articles/2 Journals

I have two articles on Argentine themes that are now published on-line by respected travel journals. Horatio Quiroga’s San Ignacio: Home to Madmen and Missionaries appears in the British journal Hack Writers  http://www.hackwriters.com . It has been publishing for 11 years and is associated with the … Continue reading

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Affordable Manhattan – an oxymoron? (Part 1)

fireworks, Central Park, 6 November 2010 The unexpected fireworks were free, in celebration of the 2010 New York Marathon that would be run the following day. We had just stepped out of Pasha Restaurant on West 71st Street, when the booming commenced. It was an … Continue reading

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High-Line over Manhattan

I well remember the crumbling elevated rail (the Hi-Line) from 34th street to the warehouses, bakeries and docks 13 miles down  Manhattan. To my teenage eyes in the 1960′s it was all part of the look and aromas of the exotic multi-ethnic, … Continue reading

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Ralph and Winnie Are Not Artists: The legacy of Nova Scotia folk art icons

“I’m not an artist; I’m not a wood carver!” Ralph was emphatic, “I don’t know how to take a piece of wood and make anything.” With strong, calloused hands, Ralph Eyre held a gnarled silver gray piece of driftwood up to … Continue reading

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Church Keys are going extinct but not Clarissa Dillon: Colonial cooking in the 21st century

The fire’s roaring in the kitchen of the 1696 Thomas Massey House, trying to take the chill out of the beautiful autumn morning in this 17th century stone house. Eight of us are gathered around a colonial cooking icon – Clarissa Dillon, … Continue reading

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