Tag: Parks

Living in a big city can make you dream of grass and open space sometimes. Thankfully, the grass in Dublin is green about 10 months out of the year, and the city has lots of parks for its residents. I have found that each park has a personality that shines through. It may be dictated by where it&...

People who live in large cities tend to live in high-rises. Density, after all, necessitates building vertically, not horizontally, yet municipal policies seem to endlessly favour those who own a piece of soil and enjoy the privileges of life on the ground. My strolls through Toronto during the C...

If you are in Toronto then don’t keep running for Niagara Falls. Toronto is not the capital of Toronto, but the city gives full capital vibes, from tall skyscrapers, beautiful streets, a multi-cultural environment, and skylines the city has a full metropolitan vibe. The city has several iconic...

I wake up in the bluing dawn with the ghost of Burnette G. Haskell bent over one side of my cot and the ghost of James J. Martin leaning over the other. It wasn’t either of them who woke me, not when they came through the flap of my tent, nor when they stood silently in the clothing and facial...

Northumberland’s latest Disney World is a theme park for adult children who can’t go abroad for their holidays as they used to. New/old sites of ‘historical interest’ spring up like mushrooms up and down the UK. The latest one I’ve visited is called Ad Gefrin, and it co...

ALF ORTELIUS, HEAD of the US Geological Survey’s California office, was poring over reports when his senior seismologist, Leith Williams, rapped on the open door of his office. ‘What do you make of this?’ asked Williams, thrusting a series of files with cover sheets pinned to th...