@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story, click here.] To a man, woman and non-binary individual, practically all Colombians I talk to echo my sentiments that it’s been a difficult year income-wise. Of course, many people say that their financial situation is...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story, click here.] In a memorable episode — few were forgettable, in fairness — of the hit 1990s TV sitcom, Father Ted, the no-nonsense, hot-tempered Bishop Brennan gets a kick up the posterior from the comedy classic’s...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story, click here.] Of all the subjects I may be deemed unqualified to comment on, parenting is surely one of them. It’s easy for me, a childless man, to be idealistic, to condemn what I believe to be poor parenting practices and be convinced that I would […]
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/video version of this blog story click here.] Bucolic bliss. The rural idyll. Like anything that refers to perfection, the reality is different. Nothing in this world is perfect. What we strive for is to have as many positives as possible in whatever...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] It’s been quite eventful on the news front in Colombia of late, even more so than normal. We’ve had corruption allegations leading right up to President Petro that have resulted in some high-profile...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] ‘Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.’ It’s an oft-repeated piece of advice, one that well predates its memorable use by Michael Corleone in the 1974 movie masterpiece, The...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] OK, I’m probably not the best housemate to have. More precisely, I’m closer to being the worst housemate. The biggest reason for this is that I wish I didn’t have to share accommodation...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] ‘You can’t unring a bell.’ Of the many quips former Ireland men’s rugby coach, Eddie O’Sullivan, has uttered, that one regularly reverberates in my mind. A different ball game In...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] If somebody had told me in November 2008, just before I embarked on my first solo bout of world travelling, that I’d become indifferent to being involved in Gaelic football, I would have suggested they see...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] A boy, about 12 years old, regularly comes into one of my panadería offices asking for food. Unfortunately, such a scene is not unusual in these parts. Pan out However, what makes this particular pauper stand...
