@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] As we grow older, we tend to become more comfortable in ourselves and what we’re about. Manifested positively, it means we’re less impressionable, less open to malignant manipulation. Negatively, it...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] In Bogotá’s perpetual Corner Bar barrio, I explained how a working-class drinking culture permeates the neighbourhood I frequent the most in the Colombian capital. As somebody who grew up in rural Ireland, this is quite familiar to me. One big difference, though, is that […]
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] Of late, I’ve found myself reading books — both fiction and non-fiction — that, on the whole, are probably more negative than positive. Some might say, then, literature that properly reflects reality....
@wwaycorrigan [For a YouTube version of this blog click here.] ‘El mejor clima del mundo.’ So runs the slogan on a sign welcoming visitors and passers-by to the town of Sutamarchán, in Colombia’s Boyacá department. It’s quite a claim, especially...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] For most of us, although tragically not all, dealing with the death of our parents is as unavoidable as our own death. Same body, different mind While the actual passing of a mother and/or a father is, I can only imagine at this stage, […]
@wwaycorrigan [For a YouTube version of this blog entry, click here.] After having visited over 50 of Colombia’s Andean towns, in particular in the Boyacá, Cundinamarca and Santander departments, I do feel I’m in a strong position to evaluate the region. Yes,...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘I came out of McDonald’s the other day with two Quarter Pounders, a Big Mac, a chicken burger and three large portions of chips (or fries, if you will). A homeless guy sitting on the street mumbled...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog, together with the videos mentioned below, here.] As an online content creator — no sniggering — seeing what kind of material attracts more clicks than others is both interesting and puzzling. And no, after over eleven...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] A bus makes a ten-minute stop at a station. Passengers are allowed to alight to stretch their legs and get a refreshment if they so wish. One of those who does get off leaves his bag on his seat. He doesn’t return. Cue security […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Before you criticise somebody, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do criticise them, you’ll be a mile away and you’ll have their shoes.’ Faultfinders Yeah, it’s an old...
