Monthly Archives: February 2021

By Gene Sloan of The Points Guy (the best source of cruise information I have found) Gene is a big fan of cabins with balconies – there’s nothing quite like being able to step onto a balcony on a ship to … Continue reading →

Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. Despite wide popular interest, Escher was for long somewhat neglected in the art world, even in his native Netherlands. He was 70 before a retrospective … Continue reading →

My art history is short. In high school, I copied caricatures mostly out of MAD magazine. And in my second year of university, I drew a large pornographic caricature of a woman’s genitalia end-on in the centre of round dining … Continue reading →

Raven Tales are the traditional human and animal creation stories of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. They are also found among Athabaskan-speaking peoples and others. His tales are passed down through the generations of story tellers of the people and are of cultural and … Continue reading →

Green wave, blue breakwater – Argentina’s legalization of abortion will provoke backlash Jan 9 2021 Economist Within days, Argentina’s president, Alberto Fernández, is expected to sign a law making abortion legal. Argentine women will be able to terminate their pregnancies … Continue reading →