Feb 10, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
A few weeks ago, I did a talk for Nature London, as part of their Nature in the City series. While I do a lot of talks on financial, charitable and estate topics, this one was a bit different, as it was on my passion for astronomy, and astrophotography in particular....
Apr 30, 2024 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
As long-time readers will suspect, I’m a big sci-fi nerd. Like many of my generation of kids born and raised in the 1970’s and 1980’s, George Lucas’ Star Wars was instrumental in our childhood. I myself had a HUGE collection of toys, and watched the movies so many...
Apr 1, 2024 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
It often takes something extraordinary for us to make changes in our lives. Twenty-six centuries ago, two warring nations fought a war in what is now northern Turkey. The Lyndian Kingdom and the Median Kingdom had a long, bitter conflict that had lasted over six...
Oct 5, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
I’ve been writing this newsletter now for the better part of a decade, and it amazes me that month after month we can still come up with all the great stories that we’ve shared. Still, it can be quite a challenge to make things fresh! Welcome to our first ever...
Sep 6, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
It’s pretty rare for me to write twice in the same year about the same issue. I’m going to make an exception, and deviate from my usually storytelling this month, to put a spotlight on an urgent issue that will be of high concern to many of our readers. You might...
Aug 10, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
My wife’s favourite place in the whole wide world is Killarney Provincial Park. We’ve just returned from spending time hiking and back country camping over the last week of July into the Civic Holiday. If you’ve never been, it’s worth a visit. The geography is unique,...
