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Bellvue House
Sir John A. Macdonald has been in the news a lot lately, and not much of it was complimentary. Strange for someone who died in 1891. I’ve been thinking I should write about the resurgent Macdonald controversy, and I do plan to do so when work calms down a bit. Maybe this post from 2016 […]
Bellevue House III
When I want vegetables I usually go to the supermarket across the street, although there are other options in the neighbourhood, including a Wal Mart and a produce store. In 19th century Canada you got your vegetables by growing them. There’s a garden at Bellevue House in Kingston, tended by staff members in Victorian era […]
Bellevue House II
Canadians tend not to look to the past as much as we should. I’m not sure why. Maybe it is because we are a relatively young nation on a continent filled with immigrants. Our history, for most of us, leaves Canada fairly quickly for other countries. My family, as Canadian as they come, came here […]
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