Ruminations
To turf or not to turf
Having lived for much of my life in the green, lush rainforest of the Pacific Northwest, it comes as a surprise to almost everyone that arid, desert-like regions are my favourite landscape. One such landscape can be found on the island of Tenerife, the biggest of the...
AI, my grandma and her cherry pie
Dear Grandma, If you were still alive you would be shaking your head at the state of the world, telling me that everyone has gone crazy and then give me all the time in the world to let me work through some of the crazier things that I am trying to understand. So...
Hablas espanol?
Learning a new language can be intimidating for some, but others, like me, look at it like an ongoing party, beating a piñada continuously and joyfully, peering through the blindfold to see what kind of candy (read vocabulary) and other goodies (read grammar) might...