Great Lakes and not so great leaders.

 For those who think that the renaming of a lake is some form of victory over a country or a modern people, it demonstrates a true lack of culture, a lack of education, a lack of history knowledge, and a lack of compassion in general. Not only has Lake Ontario been known as that since at least 1639, before Canada or the USA existed, its name is derived from the Iroquoian word Kaniatarí:io or Oniatarí:io meaning "lake of shining waters" or "beautiful lake". The story of Lake Ontario is, at its core, a story about language, land, and continuity. The lake’s name is one of the oldest recorded Indigenous place‑names in North America, named by the Wendat people, and it comes from the Iroquoian linguistic world in which the Wendat lived, a world that long predates both Canada and the United States. 

Also, bear in mind that, although the President signed an executive order to change the name in America, a petty act designed to bring about irritation, this order is not recognised outside of the US and so, in fact, the lake remains Lake Ontario to the rest of the world. That executive order will be torn up on the first day that a new president steps into the Whitehouse. Attempts to rename the lake today cannot erase the 17th‑century records, nor the much older Indigenous relationship with these waters

                  Sadly, like many, I have let it get to me. It causes me stress and anger. Not just the needless, pointless, renaming of the lake but the endless trade war that simply does nothing other than make life more difficult and more expensive for people who are simply trying to do their best and live the best life they can for themselves and their families. It’s all down to the fragile egos of old men who don’t like it when someone says no to them or stands up to them. You see it everywhere… in the home, in the office, in sport, in politics. Always the same personality; narcissistic, egocentric, the ones who believe they are absolutely great because they can’t read a room. They actually just can’t read. 

                  Counting down…



Lake Michigan from the Milwaukee art Museum

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