Do you remember liar loans? Someone working at MacDonald’s would go into a bank and say “I want to buy a house. “ The loans…

Over the last decade or so, a lot of people have become confused about the difference between a home and an investment. They sit at…

When I’m walking from Cattle Point to Willows Park in Victoria, I see the Sunday joggers. Pale legs, shorts, T-shirt, their faces pulled tight with…

 Here’s Kirk, baby, brave, ruthless, handsome, read to fight against great odds for fame and fortune. “I agree that the emigration to North America is a…

When I got my first invitation to give a reading, I was terribly flattered. It’s not surprising. After all, I’d laboured in obscurity, if not…

Left: from top to bottom, left to right): Hangikjöt, Hrútspungar, Lifrarpylsa, Blóðmör, Hákarl, Svið. Right: Rúgbrauð, Flatbrauð (courtesy Wickipedia) Ethnic food. What is it really? Nostalgia…

If you were in Gimli, Manitoba,  and said that you were going to visit Eyrarbakki, most people would assume you were going to visit…

Bru church The most memorable moments are often spontaneous, unforeseen, unexpected, flashes in time when something happens that will stay with you for a lifetime. Today, that…

This is an old house. By Canadian standards, that is. Not old like in Sweden or Italy. Old enough to have a certain lean to…

When I recently checked into the Delta, the woman checking me in said, “I’ll show you on a map the most direct route to where…