Sunshine on my shoulder

Winter on the prairies is quite different than the ones I have experienced east of here. I’ve spent winters in Newfoundland – the Avalon Peninsula – and in St. John New Brunswick as well as Southern Ontario, and those winters are dull, cloudy and have a not-so-lovely tone of cloud and darkness. But out here…

News from The Villa

It’s been a cold week! Minus 30 overnight, lots of snow, and my goodness, suddenly, we have lots of snow on the ground. I haven’t done an update on our neighbourhood for a while, and so I thought I should acknowledge that we’ve lost Bud and Sylvia recently. As I was thinking about this year’s…

2024 in review

January 2024 marked my attendance at the funeral for Gary Nelson, the discovery of Randy, a son to Eileen, our return to Kananaskis for the leader’s retreat and Jason turning 40. February 2024 marked Philip’s 37th birthday, Carlyle celebrated her 11th birthday, Fitz and I attending an Oil Kings game, the planting of our seeds…