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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
The State of the Nation
The nation state is under attack from the globalist crowd—the UN and all its affiliated arms, the Davos crowd, the richer-than-god poohbahs George Soros & Bill Gates. In short, the leftie crowd who thinks government is the answer to every question, and the...
The state of the language
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” - Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrollby John Vernon Lord in Alice in WonderlandThe American Red Queen… And away the Democrats go,...
A memoir, 4 novels & a medley
Talk about being behind! This was the original intro to this blog:Every year, I make a list of books I’d like to see under the Christmas tree. Every year, I am delighted to tear off the wrapping and find just what I asked for. Like Christmas, the delight never fades,...
Rereading Orwell
After rereading Animal Farm last fall, I was shaken by the eerie similarities between the Pigs and the current Left. Much as I dreaded it, I knew then I had to reread 1984 to confirm my feelings weren’t getting the better of my reason in seeing the Left’s agenda as a...