My Island Home
And my housemates
6 — Deanna Bugalski You are the emperor of a small island nation and can pick any three people from history (dead or still living) to come and live on your island for five years. Who do you choose and why? (Example: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr)
I haven’t had any luck choosing historical people to come live with me because they are all possibly fictional or legendary. No wonder they did great deeds. Robin Hood…nope, not real, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, not real either, how about William Wallace, not him either! Vlad Dracul, yes he’s real, but do I want to be sharing my home with him? I don’t think so. Seems like Ragnar Lothbrok, a 9th Century Viking chieftain was real, so I might take him.
After just having watched a program on Dr Ken Elliott, who was held captive in the Sahara Desert for 7 years and 4 months, I’d want him along, not only for his doctoring skills, but for his bravery and surviving against the odds. Watch is story here. I found it inspirational. Why the hell am I whinging about my RA?
After more researching, I’m going to take Gough Whitlam, a man I admired, and voted for, back in 1972. He wasn’t all talk. He did good works for the whole country. Until 1972, the school I was teaching at didn’t have a library or any books. I had to provide books for my class to read. Many…
