A Villa Update

Here’s our boy one year ago…and how cute was he then?! He’s such a well behaved dog! I He’s brought lots of joy for us, and while the coyotes were nearby he had no idea of the danger, no he was wondering if they wanted to be friends. A hunting dog he is not. Life…

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…

I can hear the thunder

It is notoriously dry in Edmonton. Last summer we went about six weeks without rain, so when the snowpack is light or we get an early thaw, which happened this year, by now the ground is very dry. June of 2022 saw a record amount of rain for the month – which would likely be…