Birthday Blog

I finished reading Donald Savoie’s ‘Democracy in Canada’.

”British-inspired political institutions are spatially blind because it suits England’s history and national character because England is a unitary state – and because its main political cleavages have not been around geography. Being spatially blind in England is one thing. Being spatially blind in Canada is quite another.” p.16.

Am I the blind leading the blind?

On the weekend, Heather and I snow-shoed through Andrew’s old property down to the Annapolis River, and then across to the Lawrencetown tree nursery. This reminded me of the potential at Lunn’s Mill. It is next door to the tree nursery. After snow-shoeing or cross-country skiing, one could return to the warmth of the brewery restaurant. Yet another micro-adventure (see post Explore Local).

For Valentine’s Day (my birthday) we will check out the fare at the Green Elephant in Kingston.

My next read will be John Norberg ,’Open: how collaboration and curiosity shaped mankind’. From the back cover,

”Norberg examines why we’re often uncomfortable with openness – but also why it is essential to fight for it more than ever”.

Acknowledgments

Heather shared the snowshoeing micro-adventure. Edward added the graphics.

References.

Donald B. Savoie, 2019, Democracy in Canada: The Disintegration of our Institutions, McGill-Queens University Press.

John Norberg, 2021, Open: how collaboration and curiosity shaped humankind, Atlantic Books.

Postscript

I received Volume 8, 2023 blog from Integrity Printing, Bridgetown. This blog post is #563.

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