@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] With the great industrial and technological advancements over the last number of generations, humanity can get much more done in a much shorter period of time compared to just a few decades ago. As most of us are well aware, tasks that had once […]
@wwaycorrigan Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister (Tánaiste), Leo Varadkar, has said he wants to make the visa process easier for Colombians who want to study and work in the country. Speaking at a St Patrick’s Day reception at the Irish ambassador’s residence in...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Wow, your Spanish is very good.’ ‘Well, I’ve been based here for over ten years.’ ‘Oh.’ That’s how the conversation generally goes when I meet a new...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] We’ve seen plenty of ire directed at those who haven’t completely condemned Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or shown unconditional support for the under-siege locals. Super Zelenskyy Even...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] I do sometimes feel a bit torn after getaways to Colombian pueblos — pueblo pick-me-ups as I like to call them — due to my desire or at least perceived need to blog about them. It’s because, as...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.’ That’s one of many maxims from Mark Twain. Were he to be with us today, it’s safe to assume that...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Sitting unhidden in one of my barrio tiendas sipping on a litre of Poker beer, it dawned on me that less than a year ago such behaviour was officially prohibited and had been for the guts of 12 months. I’m...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] A long-standing friend made an interesting and, I think, somewhat accurate observation about me recently. He noted how I spend a lot of time fretting about casually meeting certain people to the extent that if I...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] And just like that, it’s all over — kind of. Within a couple of days of each other, both England (just England initially that was, not the other UK nations) and, more shockingly, a heretofore extremely...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] I’ve generally been reluctant to leave Bogotá during Colombia’s tourism high season or at long weekends. So the first holiday Monday of the year is a negative on both fronts. However, feeling...
