Daniel Samson
@ruralcolonialns.bsky.social
historian of rural colonial Nova Scotia, father, partner, lives in Niagara, works on Nova Scotia, breaths in PEI
https://danieljosephsamson.com/
https://danieljosephsamson.com/
Great to see (though I am going to needle her about that “Contested” alliteration 😎).
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Great to see (though I am going to needle her about that “Contested” alliteration 😎).
🧐 which part? the Glűhwein, the neo-pagan wood carvings or the racism?
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🧐 which part? the Glűhwein, the neo-pagan wood carvings or the racism?
Maybe @reneegb.bsky.social might know?
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Maybe @reneegb.bsky.social might know?
I’ll run with that!
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I’ll run with that!
I have to say (you know me - a sadly chauvinistic Nova Scotia boy) but I've become fond Niagara springs (and don't give me no South African backtalk!). Eliot said April was the cruelest month, but in Nova Scotia it lingers long into May.
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I have to say (you know me - a sadly chauvinistic Nova Scotia boy) but I've become fond Niagara springs (and don't give me no South African backtalk!). Eliot said April was the cruelest month, but in Nova Scotia it lingers long into May.
In-law - she's Bell's younger sister. As the marriage crumbled after 1867, Bell's sisters and some friends spent weeks at a time covering for her, effectively allowing her to retreat to her parent's house in Rogers Hill, or as Barry termed it Rogers Hell. Like most of her family, she'll die of TB.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In-law - she's Bell's younger sister. As the marriage crumbled after 1867, Bell's sisters and some friends spent weeks at a time covering for her, effectively allowing her to retreat to her parent's house in Rogers Hill, or as Barry termed it Rogers Hell. Like most of her family, she'll die of TB.