Tag: writing

  • 3 Things that Keep you Stuck when Recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    You’ve been there. The fatigue and overwhelming exhaustion that doesn’t get better with rest. The widespread pain that feels like unbearable aching and burning in your muscles. The brain fog that turns every attempt at thought and concentration into fuzz. You try to keep up with your busy life but bit by bit you feel…

  • Of Wonder, and Beauty, and Rainy Days

    As a writer, there is something about rainy days that gives me the urge to write… cuddled beneath a blanket with a hot cup of coffee listening to the rain pelt down outside. You may think, from reading that line, that we are in the last days of autumn and winter is fast approaching, but…

  • 5 Key Elements of Good Historical Practice

    In this short post, I would like to pick up where I left off in my last post on Primary and Secondary Sources, and talk about 5 key elements of good historical practice. Before we do that though, we need to talk about the difference between the past and history. Those terms are used interchangeably…

  • Primary and Secondary Sources: What’s the Difference?

    In this short post, I would like to address a foundational question in historical practice: what is the difference between primary and secondary sources? If you haven’t heard those terms before, I am going to boil them down for you. First of all, let’s talk about how do we know anything about the past? How…