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→ 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 [...]
→ June 2, 2011
Like many conversations in my adopted city, this post starts with the weather, but it isn’t about the weather. June in Edmonton is, in a word, extraordinary. The weather is finally superb. Twilight happens between 10 and 11 pm. And everyone, partially in response to the first two points, is in elevated spirits. This feeling [...]