Lesleyanne Ryan. Canadian Armed Forces Veteran. Peacekeeper. Novelist. Photographer. Traveller. Cat Lover.
This is the name of this category until I figure out a better one.
In 2009, I took a cruise of the Greek Islands in the Aegean Sea after completing a week long tour of Greece.
When I arrived on the ship, I had a couple hours free and decided it was time to do a week’s worth of laundry. I hauled everything out of my luggage and set to work washing it all in the sink. When I was done, the room was full of shorts, jeans, t-shirts and underwear hanging from every possible spot.
Then I went to dinner. Continue reading “Travel Shorts – The Greek Islands”
My grandfather and I are the only veterans in our immediate family. He was #38 of the First Five Hundred who joined the Newfoundland Regiment in 1914. In 1918, he published his diary in a local magazine. Continue reading “…the more they stay the same.”
Twenty years ago today I landed in Bosnia to start a peacekeeping tour in a place where there was no peace to keep. I arrived in Zagreb, Croatia in the early hours of 27 October 1993 and waited seven hours for my ride into Sarajevo on Maybe Airlines, the flight service conducted by the Norwegians using military aircraft from Canada, Britain, Russia, Germany and other nations. Continue reading “Back to Bosnia: Maybe Airlines”
This week I’m pleased to be the next stop in a blog tour celebrating the release of Kate Robbin‘s first novel, Bound to the Highlander, a historical romance set during politically turbulent times of 15th Century Scotland. Just prior to publication by Tirgearr on October 10th, Bound to the Highlander won the TARA award for historical romance. Continue reading “Next Stop on the Bound to the Highlander Blog Tour”
I just returned from a three week tour of South Africa and neighbouring countries and while I recover from the jet lag, I thought I’d let some photos tell the tale.
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