I’ve just been made a member of the ‘oldest social club in North America’ - The Order of Good Cheer. This comes courtesy of the government of Nova Scotia who ask that I “have a good time, remember us fondly, speak of us kindly, and come back again.”

My wife was surprised to see this (she’s a Bluenoser) as she remember studying the original Order of Good Cheer in history class as a child. Begun in 1606 to help his men face the harshness of another winter in colonial Acadia - Samuel de Champlain contrived to keep them fit by giving every man the title of Grand Master - in charge of providing each night’s feast and festivities.

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