Tag Archives: PEI

Full: My Experience of the L.M. Montgomery Institute Conference (L.M. Montgomery Series)

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Note: This is a rewriting of my guest post at the L.M. Montgomery Institute blog. I am full. And no doubt. We have just finished a packed four and a half days of conferencing and workshopping, speaking and listening, flipping … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian literature, L.M. Montgomery, Original Research | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Eugene Peterson, intertextuality, L.M. Montgomery, literature, Lucy Maud Montgomery, PEI, PhD Research, Prince Edward Island, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, UPEI | 12 Comments

What the Middle Ages and my 11-Year-Old Can Teach us About Diversity

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Each year my son and I camp on Prince Edward Island’s heavenly north shore. On one of our hike days we scramble down the red clay rocks to the white sand beaches, hopping over huddles of dry moss as we … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged antisemitism, Charlottetown, Dante, diversity, farming, History, How the Irish Saved Civilization, immigration, medieval, Monasticism, Monty Python, Paradiso, PEI, Prince Edward Island, refugee crisis, The Divine Comedy, Thomas Cahill, University, vocation | 25 Comments

A Shore-side View of the Pilgrimage: My 2nd Anniversary Reflection

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

I am writing this post from one of Prince Edward Island’s gorgeous beaches. This Eastern Canadian Island of Hesperides is filled with incredible beaches: miles of blonde sand slicing the world between an endless blue ocean of white cresting lines … Continue reading →