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Time’s Arrow: The Death and Rebirth of Martin Amis

Time’s Arrow: The Death and Rebirth of Martin Amis

by Jim Algie | May 26, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews, My Reviews, Personalities

Upon the passing of the noteworthy author, Martin Amis, Jim Algie recalls his favourite novel by him, Time’s Arrow, which unfolds in reverse and leads back to the Nazi death camps. That period also inspired a more recent novel called “The Zone of...
Bidding Adieu to Gordon Lightfoot, a True Troubadour

Bidding Adieu to Gordon Lightfoot, a True Troubadour

by Jim Algie | May 12, 2023 | Blog, Music, Personalities

Jim Algie salutes Gordon Lightfoot, a true Canadian titan, who wrote some of the only good songs on AM radio when I was getting into music. In the early and mid-70s, Gordon Lightfoot was this lighthouse whose vision and voice were so powerful that they illuminated...
Algie Bloodlines: From Italy to Mexico in Five Centuries and Back

Algie Bloodlines: From Italy to Mexico in Five Centuries and Back

by Jim Algie | May 2, 2023 | Blog, My Writings, Personalities, Travel Tales

Jim Algie looks back on some of his family history that dates back to Italy, where his distant ancestor worked as a scribe  for the Vatican. Words and pics by Jim Algie.  Many towns and villages in Mexico are named after Catholic saints. Our patron is Saint Catherine...

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