Victoria

Land Ahoy! But it’s not the Gaspe.

And this is not the Bellerophon.

Victoria Island at last. Are the natives friendly?

These ones from the Victoria Writer’s Group certainly are.

Next stop: St. Michael’s University School to talk to the young savages.

Then sign The Deserter for older savages at Munro’s Books.

And so to bed in the Big Chief’s wigwam: the ineffable and handsome diplomat Nicholas Etheridge. Over his long career in the Canadian Foreign Service, he has travelled to many lands and supervised many younger diplomats. His home perches on a hill just above St Michael's University School, where he attended as a young fellow, and where I shot the motion picture Ups & Downs. Here's my bedroom.