Warm and sunny in Alberta

Today’s adventure took us south of Edmonton, back into rural Alberta again. This part of Alberta west of Red Deer is really beautiful. More trees, some lakes, many more trees and some great properties. We drove through Caroline- where Philip did some time in his training to be a paramedic and it appeared there was…

Those people

You could almost hear the combined gasp when, today at Edmonton City Council (Executive Committee) a citizen presented his objections to an affordable housing initiative aimed at housing indigenous people. He referenced “those people” and “their friends”. I turned to Donny, who I was with and said, “did he just say those people?” Indeed, he…

A late night walk

Last evening as Nugget and I made our last walk of the evening I turned back towards our house as it sat in the darkness bathed in the light of the new lights and thought again how grateful I am for this place, for our health and for our dear family. I have never expected…