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In the Tom Newsletter, I update
my loyal readers on the places I visit, the books I read, and the things I do.
CURRENT EDITIONS
Recent photos include:
There are video and photo newsletters of my trips to Japan in
July 2007 and South America in
October 2008.
Recent editions include video and photo newsletters of my
May 2008 trip to Saint Martin and
Martinique in the Caribbean, and my November 2006 trip to
Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia.
And in October 2006, I published a three-part edition (although they
were written over many months!):
- Part 1 | Tom goes (in
November 2005) in search of Swiss Chalet sauce in Switzerland, picking up
shoes in France and shirts in England while in the area
- Part 2 | Tom spends the
Victoria Day long weekend in Mexico City
- Part 3 | Tom endures
“Pave Michigan Week” as he drives to Chicago and Milwaukee for a July weekend
RECENT EDITIONS » ON THE WEB
- April 2003 | Tom frees himself from the yoke of procrastination to write about his car
(hint: it's Swedish), report on travel to New York (twice), Houston,
Cleveland and Chicago, recap a bunch of movies, and review 20 (count 'em 20)
books including his Booker Prize Spectacular
EUROPE » ON THE WEB
The following editions of the Tom Newsletter all report on the several trips
I've taken over the years to Europe. They are chock full of insightful
advice and observations.
- March 2007 | Tom visits
both Slovenia and Slovakia, with Austrian thrown in for good measure (Special
Video Edition)
- October
2006 | Tom goes (in November 2005) in search of Swiss Chalet sauce in
Switzerland, picking up shoes in France and shirts in England while in the
area
- October 2003 | Tom tours Ireland, stops off for some shopping in London, and visits his family
and buys shoes in
France
- July 2002 | Tom basks in
the long Scandinavian daylight as he visits Stockholm and Helsinki
- April 2002 | Tom follows
in Hannibal's footsteps and enters Italy by the Alps, seeing Venice, Imola,
Florence, as well as Innsbruck and Munich for good measure
- November 2001 | Tom
vacations in France, seeing Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Paris and
Alsace-Lorraine
- June 2001 | Tom spends the
Victoria Day long weekend in London, England
- January 2001 | Tom returns to
Europe, exploring Spain, Portugal and Denmark
- July 2000 | Tom tours Europe ... again!
- July 1999 | Tom tours Europe!
ARCHIVE » PDF FILES
Listed below is the archive of the Tom
Newsletter, available for you to download in PDF format (Adobe®
Reader®
required).
2006
- October | This newsletter is published in 3 parts:
- Part 1 | Tom goes (in
November 2005) in search of Swiss Chalet sauce in Switzerland, picking up
shoes in France and shirts in England while in the area
- Part 2 | Tom spends the
Victoria Day long weekend in Mexico City
- Part 3 | Tom endures
“Pave Michigan Week” as he drives to Chicago and Milwaukee for a July weekend
2005
- May | Tom covers his
November '04 trip to Iceland and Scotland, seeing some neat geology and
architecture along the way. And he needed that whisky after his close encounter
with the Loch Ness Monster!
2004
- April
| Tom covers his post-Christmas road trip to the U.S. to take in
some aviation history, his jaunt to Stamford, Connecticut in March to return to
the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, and a whole whack of book reviews
2003
- October
| Tom tours Ireland, stops off for some shopping in London, and visits his family
and buys shoes in
France
- April
| Tom frees himself from the yoke of procrastination to write about his car
(hint: it's Swedish), report on travel to New York (twice), Houston,
Cleveland and Chicago, recap a bunch of movies, and review 20 (count 'em 20)
books including his Booker Prize Spectacular
2002
- August
| Tom catches
up on his long break between Newsletters with an update on Chicago, books,
movies, art, and Ebony
- July
| Tom basks in
the long Scandinavian daylight as he visits Stockholm and Helsinki
- April
| Tom follows
in Hannibal's footsteps and enters Italy by the Alps, seeing Venice, Imola,
Florence, as well as Innsbruck and Munich for good measure
2001
- November
| Tom travels
for seven consecutive weeks, including a vacation in France, passes the time
Waiting, and is charmed by Amélie
- August
| Tom continues
his travels across Canada, is Driven insane at the movies, completes
the list of 1999 Booker Prize nominees, and gets entangled in A
Conspiracy of Paper
- June
| Tom spends the
Victoria Day long weekend in London, England
- April
| Tom reports on
food, shelter & clothing, among other topics, from across Canada
- January
| Tom returns to
Europe, exploring Spain, Portugal and Denmark
2000
- December
| Tom bids
farewell to Pierre Trudeau, visits the Grand Canyon & Taliesin West,
hobnobs with the literati, and watches Godzilla crush Tokyo
- August
| Tom travels to
Fallingwater & Regina, sees The Big Kahuna and reads Cryptonomicon
- July
| Tom tours Europe ... again!
- April
| Tom reports on goings-on
in Montreal and Vancouver, revisits Seattle, reads Kit's Law, as well as books
about Senna, Leopold, food and flowers
1999
- December
| Tom crosses the country
and rejoices in the Tiger-Cats' Grey Cup triumph
- September
| Tom visits Cleveland
& Atlantic Canada, reads The Poisonwood Bible and Cloudsplitter,
and sees a bunch of movies
- July
| Tom tours Europe!
- June
| Tom
visits Wisconsin and B.C., sees Rushmore, The Matrix and Cookie's
Fortune, sees and reads Election, and reads Ian McEwan
- February
| Tom
crosses the country, goes Elizabethan at the cinema, and reads Richler,
Gowdy, Barnes and
Bail
1998
- November
| Tom moves (finally!), sees Saving Private Ryan and Your Friends And Neighbours,
and reads Any Known Blood and Cold Mountain
- July
| Tom tours Manhattan, sees
The Rolling Stones & The Truman Show, and reads Quarantine and The
Everlasting Story of Nory
- May
| Tom visits Denver, sees The
Wedding Singer, Titanic & The Big One, and reads Fall On
Your Knees
- February
| Tom visits the Pacific
Northwest, sees Spice World, and reads Fermat's Enigma
1997
- December
| Tom visits Las Vegas,
sees a host of good movies, and reads The God Of Small Things
- September
| Tom visits Washington,
D.C. and Boston, sees Monet in Texas, and reads A Fine Balance
- June
| The much-anticipated Tour de
Lake Erie!
- May
| Tom crosses the country, sees
Sling Blade, and reads Last Orders & some Julian Barnes
- March
| Tom moves, visits San
Diego, sees Evita, and reads Alias Grace and The Moviegoer
- January
| Tom visits New Orleans,
and sees Ransom, Star Trek: First Contact, and The English Patient
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