It’s been a bit over a year now but a picture of a loving couple of hyacinth macaws still displays as my phone’s background, just as the powerful roar of a male jaguar protecting his territory reverberates through my diaphragm like a carnival-inspired beat. It’s not that I want any of these memories to fade, […]

When I was a child, I was mad at my parents for buying a family van instead of a horse. I refused to understand why using a horse to get around the suburbs of Toronto was not a practical choice and that a van would be much more suitable for our family. As you can […]

Uruguay is of wood and marble, of grain and sheen; where rural charm sits at the table next to aristocracy and both happily have sand between their toes or dirt under the nail from the outdoor explorations of the day. Olive orchards, hillside wineries, cattle ranches and small fishing boats all populate this tiny pear-shaped […]