Ah history. The bête noir of many students. I was never one of those. To the best of my recollection I have always liked history. I didn’t like it when it was taught poorly (you junior high and high school teachers know who you are . . . if you are still alive) but that…
These days, there is a lot of talk in my country about citizenship and what it means to be a Canadian. This is not a usual topic of conversation. We frequently don’t talk about being a Canadian or patriotism on July 1, which is Canada Day. So why now? Canada feels it is facing an…
The season of Lent is upon us. It comes every year so I’m hoping no one was surprised by it. Oddly enough, I was sort of surprised. This year has been an odd one with a postponed knee replacement and a new job and just . . . stuff. When I consulted the Lectionary texts…