Isle of Wonder

It started with being a dumping ground for my extraneous projects in Medieval Studies while I was in university, now it is whatever subject I am moved by regarding literature, history or language.

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Adventures in Genealogy

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It is time I write a new blog entry, I have always found genealogical research fascinating. So much is written about the wealthy...

Saturday, April 17, 2021

A Rabbit Hole

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Once in a while, I have need of reading historical newspapers for some research project or other. I enjoy it but it is time consuming....

Monday, December 14, 2020

A thoroughly modern fable

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With all the issues in the world and lack of trust in news media in view, I was having a conversation recently with my son and I told him a...

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Thoughts While Sitting at Home Bored.

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In the early days of quarantine, I thought it might be fun to reread Camus' The Plague and compare the global pandemic to what the...

Monday, June 18, 2018

Fahrenheit 451

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I noticed Fahrenheit 451 had been made into a tv movie and, as I was cruising by, I watched it for a few minutes. The story did not re...

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The Red Witch: Southern Ontario, Canada; Heritage worker and Researcher. M.A. in Medieval Studies.

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