You’re not the first person to make that conflation, and there’s a grain of truth to flimflammery, in the way the white prospectors did the Indigenous guy out of his share of the glory. More on that next week.
Growing up far from Manitoba I learned (not in school, probably from some edifying CBC documentary that even kids watched because there were only two channels) that there was a town called Flin Flon and was enchanted by its name. I conflated it with the word "flimflam" and thought it was a town founded by con men.
To mutilate a quote .. “ History is written by the best storyteller “… and you seem to create a world unto its own… thank you for this mystical, magical read… reminds me of Klee Wyke…
Absolutely magical storytelling! Did you suffer through the entire Victorian novel in your research for this story? The author seems to have been an admirer of Jules Verne.
You’re not the first person to make that conflation, and there’s a grain of truth to flimflammery, in the way the white prospectors did the Indigenous guy out of his share of the glory. More on that next week.
I had no idea that's where the name originated from. What a tale!
The way you weave your stories is simply amazing to me. Thanks for another good read.
Growing up far from Manitoba I learned (not in school, probably from some edifying CBC documentary that even kids watched because there were only two channels) that there was a town called Flin Flon and was enchanted by its name. I conflated it with the word "flimflam" and thought it was a town founded by con men.
Thanks, Celeste!
To mutilate a quote .. “ History is written by the best storyteller “… and you seem to create a world unto its own… thank you for this mystical, magical read… reminds me of Klee Wyke…
Absolutely magical storytelling! Did you suffer through the entire Victorian novel in your research for this story? The author seems to have been an admirer of Jules Verne.