Mother Nature has Ruined My Sunny Disposition
It has been almost two years since my husband and I were lured from the east coast to the economic prosperity of the west. We were warned Edmonton the largest Northern City in the world was cold. We...
View ArticleMy Prayer to the Sun Gods
After my imaginary rant with Mother Nature on Sunday morning; I began to wonder if the heavens had their own bureaucracy. Maybe I could go above Mother Nature’s head to summon the warm weather. It was...
View ArticleA Lesson from Mother Nature
I had ambitious plans this weekend which included completing my retaining wall, planting my garden, and enjoying a nice Sunday at Elk Island National Park. However, Mother Nature had other plans for...
View ArticleRunning Solo
It was just last week temperatures plummeted to below-20 with a wind chill factor of -36. It was on those cold days I would bundle up and run. On most of the runs, I was fairly warm, with the right...
View ArticleCamping: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Camping is one of those summer pass times which is the right of passage to growing up and teaching kids that the wilderness can be their playground whether it is a cool brisk jump in the lake, a long...
View ArticleThe Fog
It is when the fog rolls in it makes everything in front of you thick and unclear in your mind. You struggle to find the answers but are forced to slow down from its damp bleakness. You peer out...
View ArticleA Skier’s Dream
The first heavy snow fall always reminds me of my father. It was his belief the first snow was one that would determine the winter for cross-country skiing. He dreamed of the fresh powder which...
View ArticleWinter Tear Drops
The snows beauty is sudden as the white witch leaves her furry with impassable drifts and the hint of frost seething through the air. She has cast a cursed spell that toils with an ache in your...
View ArticleGrace Under Pressure
The Monarch makes a journey each year from Northern Canada to Mexico taking flight against all of nature’s unpredictable elements. It is this tiny wonder which flies up to fifty miles a day to reach...
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