Sustainable travel statistics: 6 facts to open your mind ehlausanne37 postsPosted on 10 Mar at 8:53 am While COVID has upended the $8 trillion global travel industry, the pandemic has also paved the way for tourism and hospitality professionals to reflect, rethink and reshape the sector, making it better – and ultimately more sustainable – forContinue reading “Sustainable Travel”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
Poetry Corner: “Uncle Bill”
Uncle Bill Can you feel sorrow for an uncle you never met?Well Uncle Bill was a 22-year-old man I never even sawhe died before I was ever bornshot down in the Battle of Britainand now buried in Lincolnshire in the United Kingdomalone and unvisitedyet it is only in the past few years his memory hauntsContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Uncle Bill””
CDC Guidelines For the Fully Vaccinated
What You Need to Know About the CDC’s COVID-19 Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Individuals Vaccinated people are well protected, but they need to be respectful of others still at risk BY RACHEL WEST | MARCH 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter Linked In Email Pinterest The CDC recently released guidance for individuals who have been fully vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine available underContinue reading “CDC Guidelines For the Fully Vaccinated”
Tough Year for German Tourism
Press Release German National Tourist Board looks at 2021 as a transition year for incoming tourism Incoming for 2020 as expected with strong losses compared to previous year – further growing readiness to travel opens up chances for first recovery approaches for 2021 Toronto, March 8, 2020 – 2021 will be a transition year forContinue reading “Tough Year for German Tourism”
Tara Brach’s : Radical Acceptance: Living your Life With The Heart of a Buddha”: Unreal People
“Once someone is an unreal other, we lose sight of how they hurt. Because we don’t experience them as feeling beings, we can inflict pain on them without compunction. Not seeing that others are real leads to a father disowning his son for being gay, divorced parents using their children as weapons. All the enormousContinue reading “Tara Brach’s : Radical Acceptance: Living your Life With The Heart of a Buddha”: Unreal People”
A Couple of Portuguese Reds
I had the great fortune to be invited to the Dão region of Portugal for a wine tour a few years ago. The Portuguese know very well how to arrange these tours. We lodged at a hotel in Viseu and made our forays into beautiful wine country each morning returning home in the late afternoonContinue reading “A Couple of Portuguese Reds”
Vacay Ranks 20 Best Places for Post-Pandemic Travel in Canada
TORONTO, ONTARIO (March 9, 2021) — British Columbia and the Atlantic provinces lead a ranking of outstanding destinations to explore as the pandemic wanes. Noting the anticipated joyful celebrations that will likely coincide with fall harvest season, the digital magazine Vacay.ca™ has selected the South Okanagan at the top of its “20 Best Places to Travel inContinue reading “Vacay Ranks 20 Best Places for Post-Pandemic Travel in Canada”
Poetry Break: “Again The Little Lost Boy Who Suffered for 45 Years”
Again The Little Lost Boy Who Suffered for 45 Years 8 years oldsomewhat oblivious to realitypretending to be asleephis brother and sister whisperedso as not wanting the little boy to hearthat his father was dying of bladder cancerwhat were they trying to hide?clueless to the damage of this exclusion And so the father diedthe familyContinue reading “Poetry Break: “Again The Little Lost Boy Who Suffered for 45 Years””
Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance Embracing your Life With The Heart of a Buddha”; Self Compassion
“Offering ourselves such care might feel strange and unfamiliar at first, as it did for Daniel. Sometimes expanding compassion to ourselves in this way feels downright embarrassing. It can trigger a sense of shame about being needy and undeserving, shame about being self indulgent. But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin toContinue reading “Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance Embracing your Life With The Heart of a Buddha”; Self Compassion”
Mutantism on the March: Chapter 16 “The Floodgates Open”
Chapter 16 “The Floodgates Open” Squid swam on feeling like he had abandoned his aboriginal friends. His travels were extensive. Frequently he would be received with warmth and hospitality but more often than not he was chased away on suspicions he was some sort of evil omen or warlock. Squid eventually found a home inContinue reading “Mutantism on the March: Chapter 16 “The Floodgates Open””
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