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Journalistic writing a family tradition
When I went to write this column about being the greatgranddaughter of Maggie Grant, a former Globe and Mail humour columnist, I discovered that there was another journalist in my family.
Estelle M. Kerr, my great-grandmother's aunt, drove an ambulance during the First World War and her many columns from the Canadian Courier describe what life was like during the war.
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Witches misunderstood for centuries
Green-faced, warty-nosed, evil, cackling women flying broomsticks – this is the image a lot of people think of when they hear the word witch.
I don’t have green skin or a warty nose and, although it would certainly save me from buying bus passes every month, I don’t fly a broomstick. I am a witch.
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I hear politics, I think 'Huh?'
Politics; even the word makes me squeamish. I look at it and the first thing that comes to my mind is, "huh?"
My Grade 9 history class turned out to be 85 per cent on Canadian government and well, I failed that class. It wasn't because I didn't do all the homework that was assigned or that I didn't pay attention to the lectures or even show up at all. No, I did every assignment handed to me and I never missed a class. I failed because as soon as the teacher started his lecture, that one little word began to flash in my mind like a neon sign. Huh?
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