One lesson I learned at an early age is when mom asked a question, she typically already knew the answer. “What grade did you make on your math test yesterday?” was a familiar question in my high school years. I knew that mom wasn’t searching for information; rather she was giving me an opportunity to… Read more »
Downton Abbey is the story of an aristocratic Edwardian era, English family trying to navigate the tension of a changing world. On the one hand you have the stable English social system: Lords, Dukes, Earls and footmen, valets, and butlers. On the other hand you have a quickly changing world in which the assumptions of… Read more »