sand

What commodity do we buy and sell globally more than oil or gas? Yup, sand. I didn’t have any idea, but it’s the main ingredient in construction (concrete) and in anything and everything glass – think screens! And guess what? Unlike oil and gas it’s not a regulated industry so the mining of sand, or…

The family vacation revisited

Wendy and I have been doing some dreaming – part of it comes from days gone by, and some from what we always hoped would be the opportunity to have family vacations together when our kids were grown, married and had their own kids. The slide show above shows you a taste of one of…