![]() ![]() Presidents aside, the basic issues remain relevant today. I’m guessing that Trump, if he could read, wouldn’t be a fan of Robin Hood. As an adult, there are more subtle nuances to it I appreciate. ![]() I also love the social justice elements of Robin Hood-robbing from the rich and giving to the poor always made me giggle with delight. It’s a good thing I’m not bitter about it… I get thorny bush-like ugly things that have the nerve to call themselves trees. I don’t get to see a lot of real trees at home. I saw a bit of it as I was driving to Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire, but whizzing past it on the highway was as close as I got. I mean, who hasn’t dreamed of living in a treehouse at one point or another? When I was in England for school, I tried to go to Sherwood but I never really made it. There is just something about the idea of living in a huge, ancient, deciduous forest like Sherwood that makes me happy. I’ve always been an Anglophile, so I was bound to be intrigued by it, but I think it goes deeper than that. ![]() Robin Hood is another one of those legends (along with Arthurian legend) that grabbed my attention from a young age. ![]()
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