→ August 3, 2011
I am seriously jacked. The Edmonton Folk Music Festival starts this weekend and I’m in the mood for lots of sunshine, great music and meeting new friends. Seems to me that with all the rain we’ve had, we’re due for a few straight days of warmth and sunshine. I’m crossing my fingers. Being relatively newish here in [...]
→ August 1, 2011
[Note to reader: I wrote this first part after a long, exhausting day in the sun at Heritage Festival. I wrote the post script after a shorter day today.] It doesn’t arrive until well into July and once it’s here, you’re trying to squeeze every last ounce out of it. Summer, in Edmonton, is like [...]
→ July 9, 2011
It’s been almost two years since we moved in Edmonton from Toronto. Since arriving, we’ve visited Jasper and Banff, summered in Kelowna and wintered in California – all within reach from our new western home base. But the one thing I hadn’t done was spend any real time in Calgary. Now, this isn’t entirely by [...]
→ July 4, 2011
Last summer was my first real summer living in Edmonton. In anticipation, I wrote a post about a number of Edmonton summer activities that looked like they’d be fun to do. The summer, which always seems so long in coming, disappears in the blink of an eye. I always get depressed by the fact that [...]
