I would love to write a nice, calm, blog post walking you through Victoria, or pointing out some of the off-the-beaten-track stuff that I love about York, or something like that. But black-and-white thinking continues to frustrate me, so here we are. If you’ve read one of my previous posts, you’ll know about the thingContinue reading “No More Black-and-White Thinking”
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Read the Book!
Have you ever read anything by L.M. Montgomery? You’ve probably heard of her work, even if you don’t recognise her name: she wrote Anne of Green Gables, along with nineteen other novels and many, many, other short stories. There has been a recent TV adaptation of Anne of Green Gables, which, I do not hesitateContinue reading “Read the Book!”
Just Because X, Doesn’t Mean Y
One thing I cannot stand is something I’ve started to call ‘black and white’ thinking’. This may not be exactly the best term for it – ‘blinkered’ thinking might be a more accurate term perhaps – but it’s what I call it when people don’t know a lot about a topic, but seize on oneContinue reading “Just Because X, Doesn’t Mean Y”
Nuancing Some Stereotypes
This is being posted on Commonwealth Day, so, Happy Commonwealth Day! Have a read of my previous post on here about the Commonwealth if you want to know more about that. This post, though, is about my favourite Commonwealth Realm: Canada. There is so much I would like to say about Canada: we’ve already hadContinue reading “Nuancing Some Stereotypes”
De-mystifying the Monarchy
This post is the second half of a two-part look at two topics which are very important to me, both closely related and both inadequately understood: the Commonwealth, and the Monarchy. I am far from an expert in this subject; I am still learning about the monarchy, for two reasons: the country I am fromContinue reading “De-mystifying the Monarchy”
Clarifying the Commonwealth
This post, and the one which will shortly follow it, are more ‘how it is because’ posts rather than ‘how it was’, because these are two closely related topics which are very current. I’m talking about the Commonwealth and the monarchy. For context, I live in the UK but am from Canada, and have familyContinue reading “Clarifying the Commonwealth”
How It Was Because 