bout de papier, Volume 4, Issue No. 1, 1985
The Singing Diplomat: Moose Peru
The 1985 musical phenomenoi
The Ambassador’s Word — Hostage Crisis in Peru, 1996–1997
Big and little heroes/heroines of the Canadian Foreign Service are at work every day in or out of Ottawa engaged in the many crises of our global village. Occasionally an event occurs and someone steps up to the plate to become that…
Benjamin Rogers 1911–2004
The following text was read by Mr. Menzies at the Memorial service for Benjamin Rogers at St. Andrew’s Church, Ottawa, on January 3, 2005.
Light Stories
66 our lights were on. I thought you were going to pull something on us,” said the man with a hard stare and, without a hint of apology or nervousness, moved the safety of the .45 gun back to its locked status.…
On The Road
In the late 1980s, the Malaysian Automobile Association periodically staged road-rallies-cum-treasure-hunts. The goal of the exercise was to decipher cryptic clues en circuitous route from Kuala Lumpur to distant points (in this case, Penang) while participating in a scavenger hunt. An added…
A Short Walk in the Cordillera Huayhuash
Two hundred and fifty kilometres north of Lima, the Cordillera Huayhuash (pronounced Way-Wash) is a remote corner of the Andes that contains some of the most spectacular peaks on the continent. Long a mecca for European climbers in the Southern winter (when…
