Training It

For anyone’s who’s grown up in North America, I don’t think we understand the appeal of proper train travel. Convenient, regular, extensive, nearly-always-ontime train travel. It’s an exotic notion to us, riding the rails. Something from a distant time or done in distant lands. Continue reading →

The Republic Of Oil

“Says here that Alberta wants out again, Barnaby,” Cecil informs me from behind his newspaper.

Yes, we are of that vintage. Sitting at our breakfast place, discussing current affairs from behind our respective newspapers. Continue reading →