bout de papier, Volume 21, Issue No. 3, 2005
Memories of Bucharest
Posthumous publications nearly always arouse a mixture of feelings, including gratitude for an unexpected gift as well as regret that we cannot discuss what we have read with the author. That reaction is especially appropriate with the book from which we publish…
Romania (and Ceausescu) Revisited
From 1979 to 1983, I served as Canadian Ambassador to Romania. In April 1995, my wife Glenna and I went back. I wanted to do some research on Ceausescu, and I had asked my wonderful host, ambassador Murray Fairweather, to arrange a…
“Drive” They Said:
Story and photos by Albert and Jennifer Galpin
Ham-Fisted at High Altitude
Whenever, in retirement, I read in the newspapers that a Head of State or Head of Government is going to visit Ottawa, and when I reflect on all the arrangements that have to be made and all the flaps that can occur,…
