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The Week in Summary: * The first snowfall of the season fell on Monday morning. Though it did not stay for very long, it's a sign of weather to come. Here's hoping we get a lot of snow for the season to keep the crops healthy. In
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The Week in Summary: * On Thanksgiving Monday, Taylor and I joined our family to play Twilight Imperium, an infamously long grand strategy space game, for the day. Taylor won and all was well (I did, in fact, attack them out of love). Afterwards we had some pizza for dinner. * The
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The Week in Summary: * On Monday, Taylor, James, Tricia, and I went out to Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park to go on a hike to see some of the beautiful waterfalls and get some fresh mountain air. You can read more about it here. * After wearing my new Hoka
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The Week in Summary: * For Truth and Reconciliation Day, Taylor and I went down to the Confluence to check out the museum exhibits (which were free for the public) to learn about the colonization of southern Alberta (namely the signing of Treaty 7). We are really appreciative of the steps
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The Week in Summary: * You can really feel the seasons change this week. We are in the full swing into autumn and I could not be happier. Summer was definitely better than I thought it would be, but I am excited for the golden-hue of the city's canopy,
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The Week in Summary: * With Beakerhead happening during the weekend, I was given Monday and Tuesday off. During those days, I hung out around the house listening to some records, playing video games, and just getting some relaxation in before the hectic week to come. * Beakerhead has been a part
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The Week in Summary: * Taylor and I have been playing a lot of Age of Empires IV over the past week. We played some games with Avery and Taylor's dad, but most of the time, it has been just the two of us against the AI. Additionally, I
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The Week in Summary: * With Taylor's work with Calgary Pride slowing down, we got to spend a lot more time with each other this week than we have been getting to these past few months. I've been really grateful to have more quality time with my
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The Week in Summary: * Stage 4 water restrictions are back in effect as the City of Calgary makes the decision to continue repair work on the South Bearspaw water main. Our household is back to rigid water conservation efforts and we'll do our best to maintain that over
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The Week in Summary: * Given that I worked last weekend, I had Monday off and I got absolutely absorbed by playing Elden Ring. I likely spent ten hours finishing my second playthrough (I did the Frenzied Flame ending to celebrate Brat Summer). Throughout the rest of the week, I played
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The Week in Summary: * I continued to have a cold into the early part of this week, so I took Monday and Tuesday off work to rest. I had a lot of herbal tea, napped a bit, listened to a bunch of records, and got some reading done. * Got to
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The Week in Summary: * On Heritage Day, Taylor, Alexis, and I went to Drumheller to check out the hoodoos and Horseshoe Canyon. For more details, refer to my second nature journal entry! As we were coming back into the city, we received emergency alerts regarding an upcoming hailstorm. We got