The word ‘fernweh’ means longing for or missing a place (or time) you’ve never been – I feel this ache in my soul and my bones all the time.
When my mom was eight years old her family emigrated to Canada from Germany, and my dad’s Scottish family has been in Canada for generations. In school, we were taught Canadian history – that is, the history of the English and French settlers and the First Nations, the Hudson Bay Company to Quebec’s special status, through to a brief overview of Confederation. [...]
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