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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
How to be a conservative – Part 2
…inspired by my mentor, Roger Scruton (All quotes, unless otherwise attributed, are from How to be a Conservative by Roger Scruton.) In Part 2, I continue with Scruton’s advice on how we conservatives can fight the good fight to preserve and enhance the strength of...
How to be a conservative – Part 1
…inspired by my mentor, Roger Scruton (All quotes, unless otherwise attributed, are from How to be a Conservative by Roger Scruton.) “It is not unusual to be a conservative. But it is unusual to be an intellectual conservative.” With these opening words in How to be a...
Our Roman holiday
Jack discovered a good deal on flights, and my birthday was coming up. June 6th to 11th meshed perfectly with our obligations: for Jack, the newly planted garden would need little care for the five days we’d be away; for me, two big events on my political calendar...
Literature in the news
The letter, its trigger and the aftermath May 25, 2017 Dear Editor @ National Post, Just when you think they can’t get any more ridiculous, the hard lefties disappear up their own navel. No wonder I—a lifelong reader of literature and history—stopped reading...