I have loved history since I was 12 years old (and maybe even before).
I always tell people that I loved history from the first moment I started doing the subject in Form 2. I love it still.
When I say that people usually look at me with pity; or start talking about how they liked history when they were at school as it was so interesting etc. Poor Marcia (ironically they are right because doing history has not earned me any riches).
It’s interesting, I have never needed anybody’s validation for this love, and I believe it had and has its purpose.
I am missing doing research and being immersed in a history environment. Not even my father being a historian was important (except I had access to many books) because he always said that I behaved like he didn’t know any history.
The photo above is one of my other loves: Trinidad & Tobago.
I put this post up originally on Facebook on 21 March 2018. It provides a good-ish introduction to me and this blog and what I am going to be writing about. I won’t always–or only–write about history, but it is definitely at the core of my interests and way of thinking.
Photo by Tonisha Idowu.
Marcia Headley 