After last year’s tedious succession of festal musings—pieces on Victoria Day, BC Day, Mother’s Day, Halloween, etc. etc.—I’d hoped 2023 might spare us further G.D. Maxwell “holiday specials.” However, his most recent excursus on Thanksgiving (Pique, Oct. 6, “Giving thanks in Whistler”) has proven him our most consummate local barrel-scraper. Extensive sections are regurgitated verbatim from a largely identical offering published just a few years ago (Oct. 4, 2017, “Counting my blessings”), including his “fresh” take that he’s “thankful for the leadership we’ve enjoyed. No, seriously.” Perhaps in future the editors might suggest that when Maxwell can’t come up with something original or thoughtful he consider taking a holiday himself?
