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Welcome to the blog
Let’s talk. And as the walrus says, about everything and anything as our fancy takes us—style for every day, the art and satisfaction of running a comfortable and welcoming home, the joy and work of entertaining at home, politics from a centre-right perspective…
…and even about what I do for a living: writing & rewriting, editing & proofreading technical documents, website text, promotional materials, novels and memoirs. In short, when getting the words right matters, Editor’s Ink is there to help.
“ ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said,
To talk of many things:
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax―
Of cabbages—and kings―
And why the sea is boiling hot―
And whether pigs have wings.’ ”
The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
War on men, especially white men
You know how progressives are so fond of declaring war? Not military war—heaven forbid! When we are fighting for our lives and way of life, it means actual blood, sweat and tears are spilled to defend actual virtues. No, progressives declare war on gender, war on...
Black history: Reality vs Myth
“We do not live in the past, but the past is in us.” U.B. Phillips Such is the dedication that begins Thomas Sowell’s Black Rednecks and White Liberals, an astonishing book that demolishes the foundation of progressives’ racist accusations and their vision of history....
I was a feminist but…
Progressives are always bemoaning the fact that many young women say, “I’m not a feminist but…”, then these same young women demand to be judged on their merits, not their sex, and are angry if they perceive this as not being the case. This much more level playing...
Common Sense
When I first started my blog in February 2016, I thought it might be interesting to write about what were the habits of daily life for my generation, and are now rather exotic for younger folk. Such as how to: clean the house and even wash the windows cook a simple...