naturejournal
Where: Edworthy Park, Bow River Pathway, and Douglas-Fir Trail When: August 3rd 2024 (Late Morning to Early Afternoon) Highlight: Police-car moths and their floral partners! Late Saturday morning, my friend Alexis and I went down on a botanical excursion to identify and learn about local plants at a nearby park.
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The Week in Summary: * This week was dominated by oppressive heat waves, wildfire smoke, and anxiety for many Albertans, myself included. I know that all of us are keeping Jasper on our minds and in our hearts during this dreadful time for the town. It is horrid to see the
books
In Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury, Evan Osnos chronicles the United States from the September 11 attacks to the January 6 US Capitol Riots: an era defined by an escalation towards deep partisan division and self-immolating rage. While national trends are discussed in great depth, the focus is
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The Week in Summary: * I have been playing a hell of a lot of Elden Ring this past week. I'm currently working on a build focused on scarlet rot, poison, and some bladed weaponry. It would be fair to say that I am obsessed. * Throughout much of the
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The Week in Summary: * After many half-measures, I finally made the decision to delete my Instagram and Reddit account. It feels good to be a bit bored, but it is also challenging too. I'm going to go through some mixed feelings about it over the next while. * What
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The Week in Summary: * For this year's Canada Day, we relaxed at home and spent some quality time with each other. Life is busy, so it's good to slow down when you have a holiday to spare. Getting back to work on Tuesday, I've
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The Week in Summary: * Since school programs ended last week, work was certainly different this week. On Monday, we had a staff celebration of all our hard work over the past year. For most of the working week, I was helping with cleaning up and starting some educational programming tasks.
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The Week in Summary: * Wooooo! This was the last week of school programs for the science centre until September. I got to do a bit of everything, including going outside for some nature programming (which I adore). On the last day of school programs, I also got to share my
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The Week in Summary: * This week was the second last week of school programs. It was fairly busy, but I managed to get through it well enough. As far as getting to work is concerned, I started bike commuting on Monday and I have been getting back into the flow
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The Week in Summary: * From Monday to Friday, Taylor was off in Montreal for their friends' convocation leaving me to fend for myself. I missed them like crazy, but I am really happy they got some time away from work to get some relaxation in before work picks up
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The Week in Summary: * I went down to Social Cut & Shave to get a shag mullet on Thursday. The hair stylist I saw, Draya, was wonderful and they absolutely delivered on the look I was going for. There is something revitalizing about getting a fresh haircut - I'
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The Week in Summary: * On Victoria Day, Taylor and I went out for lunch with their parents. We have been so excited about the Porch lately, that we decided to introduce them to the restaurant. It was a fairly dreary day, so we all enjoyed sourdough grilled cheese sandwiches with