Mother and Dad, one Christmas

Life in Lotus Land, Chapter 43: Another Tropical Island? Epilogue

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October 28th 2008
I am not a deceitful person, but one of the things I love about language is how it is hypothetically possible to mislead a person by telling the truth. “Next week we will be living on another island that is five thousand kilometres (as the frigate bird flies) from Hawaii, where French is one of the official languages.” Is anyone thinking “Lucky guy! Now he gets to live in French Polynesia ... read more

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island

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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more