@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] For the second time this year, I find myself in the privileged position of looking after a fancy Bogotá apartment for a few weeks while its occupants are on holidays. To give some idea of the apartment’s...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] Sports fans — as in those who faithfully support a team — and a balanced, unbiased stance rarely play well together. ‘My team, good. The team we’re playing against, bad.’ That’s...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] So after more than 12 years of having Colombia as my main base and ten years of various work visas, I’ve finally managed to get residency. Truth be told, since securing a two-year M visa as an independent...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] A customer enters one of his regular cafés. He sees some familiar and not-so-familiar faces. On ordering his brew, he also asks the attendant to serve out another round of drinks to the clientèle present, to...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] ‘There is only one thing worse in the world than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.’ That’s one of Oscar Wilde’s many maxims. Most of us do, of course, prefer to be...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] There are few things I like better than getting on a bus — or, more rarely as is the case, an aeroplane — for an escape from my routine and normal, everyday surrounds. It’s something I’ve been...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] ‘Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.’ It makes a lot of sense. Damage the relationship with those who give you sustenance, in whatever form, and hardship is likely to ensue. Sometimes, however, we may be doing both ourselves and society at large a favour […]
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] For native English speakers of the Old World, namely inhabitants of Britain and (whisper it) Ireland, it can be hard to accept that our New World ancestors have better language conventions than us. For some...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] While not officially a mechanic, my father is fairly well-versed in the workings of the combustible engine, its accompanying components and other such machines. In the rural Ireland of his youth, the sight of a...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] A farmer’s work is never done. Be it tillage or livestock, caring for animals and crops is a perpetual process. Anyone who has worked on a farm appreciates — or at least should appreciate — this....
