Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * On Monday, the science centre held educational programming for Truth and Reconciliation Day (as we are closed for the day itself). The following day, Taylor, Alexis, and I participated in the Pokaiks Reconciliation Walk from the Peace Bridge to Contemporary Calgary. * In the past few days
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The Week in Summary: * The week was full of more training, but at least there was a single day with a lot of movement and I appreciated that quite a lot. Outside of work, I mostly listened to some new music, played Victoria 3, went to the cafe with Rand,
naturejournal
Last year, despite the noble attempt to pursue the fabled larches, we stumbled upon hurdles unlike no other: poor planning and insufficient parking. We did manage to salvage our side quest by hiking up to Elbow Lake, but again, there were no larches on this trail. I was left wondering.
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The Week in Summary: * Work continued with more training. Subsequently, this has resulted in more sitting (and therefore more restlessness). It's weeks like this that remind me of why I spent my time between college lectures pacing around campus and smoking cigarillos - rather than studying. Thank goodness
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The Week in Summary: * As far as work is concerned, the first couple days of the week was dedicated to getting our classrooms into better working order as we transition from the summer to the academic school year. Then, starting Wednesday, we began our annual training with returning and new
naturejournal
I have always been a man of the prairies. For as long as I've had the blessing of being on these lands, I have called the great plains of North America my home. Under these open blue skies, I find peace. But as someone who has lived my
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * With Taylor recovering after the festival season and the poor air quality, we generally stayed at home for much of the week and kept it fairly relaxed. For Monday and Tuesday, we spend the day having quality time together. We went for breakfast Galaxie Diner, enjoyed
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The Week in Summary: * For myself, with Taylor working long days, my routine was challenged and I felt a bit more restless than usual. With the disruptions to sleep and a minor episode of health anxiety (the first in several months actually), I kept out of my head the best
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The Week in Summary: * The week was busy with Taylor working long hours as their team closes in on festival season (the flag was raised on Saturday!). This left me holding down the condo most of the week. On Monday, I stayed home most of the day reading and listening
local issues
Whenever I played in our backyard's sandbox as a young child, I loved a particular engineering task. I would dig a massive hole, fill that hole with water from a hose, and then build a system of channels to move that water to another section of the sandbox.
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The Week in Summary: * Monday was Taylor's birthday and they found themselves working for the entirety of the day. For myself, since I do not work on Mondays throughout the summer, I meandered around doing effectively nothing except finishing my reality TV book. But relative to other weeks,
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The Week in Summary: * On the Civil Holiday, Alida and I went to 68th Ave Wetlands to look at all the wonderful birds at this glorious m0squito-infested slough. Seeing the herons, cormorants, waterfowl, and small shorebirds made the smell of the nearby garbage dump more manageable. In the afternoon, I