Chiac, Surzhyk, and the evolution of how we speak
Language is a fascinating aspect of human existence. It evolves – sometimes in ways many of us wish it didn’t – and changes in response to its surroundings.
Ukraine’s invasion of Russia. Wait – What??!
In the first week of August, Ukraine invaded the Kursk oblast, which is a part of Russia that borders Ukraine but which is some distance from the war’s main front.
The Call of Home: Moving to New Brunswick (Part II)
We finally had one foot in New Brunswick, where we really wanted to be. We just didn’t know exactly when we would move here or what our life here would look like.
Walking in the Shoes of Another
We Canadians are often smug when it comes to how Americans see the world and their role in it...
The Call of Home: Moving to New Brunswick (Part I)
My East-Coast-born and raised wife, Michele, lived in Alberta for 37 years and she never once wavered from calling the Maritimes “home”.
