One of the reasons we enjoy living in Edmonton so much is the wealth of culture the city has to offer. We have season tickets to the Citadel. I volunteer for the Fringe Festival. We try our best to make it out to Heritage Days, the occasional theater show at the Jube, [...]

I was feeling guilty. I skipped my running class last night for the simple (and valid, I think) reason that it was hovering around thirty degrees for most of the day yesterday and I don’t want to die of heatstroke — especially while wearing running gear. The alternative was a humble promise to [...]

When it was the deepest days of cold winter the only excuse I ever really gave for not running was the lack of a sidewalk for fresh snow. Those Saturday nights when we were graced with heavy white drifts measured in multiples of inches on the paths made a leisurely Sunday morning jog close [...]

Apparently the Gopher Story is making the rounds as folks forward the link or print it out to show people. I didn’t think it was particularly epic. Clever, perhaps. Epic? No. But in reading this blog you occasionally get a gem like that post — followed by a hundred more bits [...]

Mother Earth, that is. It’s Earth Day today — in case you hadn’t realized. If I could actually see the ground for the snow, I might have done something quasi-organic. Instead, we’ll be spending the day indoors burning fossil fuels to keep warm. On the bright side, I’m not driving [...]

The sevens are colliding. Seven years blogging, and now Claire celebrates her seven-month birthday — today. And I, work canceled due to the blizzard, get to spend the non-occasion with her.
We just finished the breakfast routine, a detail I usually miss save for the weekends. Over this past weekend I spent an [...]

As the minutes close on chilly, snow-blanketed Sunday PM, I decide to reflect on seven years filling the web with mindless drivel.
Sigh.
I apologize. But, c’mon no one makes you read this crap.
That’s all.

We’re all on the mend here after a few days of moderate (though merely annoying) head-colds, one of the souvenirs we brought back from Portland. (Alice will likely feel guilty ’cause I wrote that, but after her generous hospitality the least we could do is take some germs off her hands.) As far as [...]

Besides working from home yesterday (because the office shut down due to the snow) being shut in with the family enabled a few extra-curricular activities in and around the house. Yes, I put in my time for the man, but being locked away left plenty of moments here and there for other stuff, such [...]

December 28
With only a few days left in this blogging marathon, I once again found myself back home and spared with a relatively quiet day to catch up on some much needed down-time. It’s funny, though. We’ve been scooting about the province, visiting at and with a variety of people, and celebrating [...]

December 11
I have a headache from looking after Claire on my own for three hours while Karin went out to a function. She screamed most of the time. Claire, that is. It was either gas, or it was because I can’t provide fresh milk. Either way, not much I can do [...]

or, two quips on writing…
First, I mentioned a few posts back that my writing was not — exactly — going ignored. At least not in a permanent sense. I was going to elaborate on that a little more. I’ve been poking away at a something I’ve loosely defined as A Tapestry of [...]