@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘I’m glad to see that all of the children being baptised today have been given saints’ names.’ That was the opinion of the priest who presided over a recent group christening that I...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] A common complaint you’ll hear from Colombians when the C-bomb gets dropped in their company is that the biggest, most problematic issue at play is the drug’s use by foreigners in developed nations....
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Choose where you want to live and then find ways to make your life sustainable there.’ In those pre-coronavirus days that now seem like a lifetime ago, for many open-minded people with...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘As everyone does, I have microorganisms on my skin. However, one has become particularly irksome of late. Health hazard Its rapidly increasing numbers is one reason for this. As unpleasant as that is, I...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] In the 1972 classic, Godfather, there’s an early scene where Don Corleone berates his godson, Johnny Fontaine, for crying because he didn’t get a part in a movie. ‘Godfather, I don’t know...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Back in my largely innocent childhood days one of the most depressing times was when Christmas came to an end. In fact, the painful comedown started to kick in shortly after the 25th of December. Everything was...
Wrong Way's love for Colombia, while not unconditional, has been clear these last few years. Colombian officialdom is now severely testing it.
The ability to say 'no' when needs be is very useful. Alas, not everybody can actually say it, especially in Colombia.
@wwaycorrigan [Click here for an audio version of this blog entry.] ‘Is it possible that he has nothing but cowardice and fear of death to make him live?’ So Sonia Marmeládova asked herself about the one she cared for dearly, the murderer Rodion Raskolnikov, in...
@wwaycorrigan [Click here for an audio version of this blog entry.] Many reasons have been given as to why certain countries continuously perform worse than others. The most common of these are the legacy of colonialism, the system of government in place, corruption, clientelism...
