In Calgary, Exploring the Cultural Side of ‘Cowtown’ (link is to The New York Times)

Pretty good article, although I've never seen Calgarians standing in line for poutine.

A few examples of trees broken by the accumulation of snow, as mentioned in my last post. The snow is gone, but the damage remains.


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I drove around town today and was shocked at the number of trees that had been damaged by the heavy snowfall earlier in the week. It's too early in the season for the trees to have lost their leaves, so the snow was able to build up and the weight was enough, in many cases, to break off branches or even topple entire trees. I wonder how farms in ( Read more... )

I posted a list of books I read in 2013 to the librarything community. The post is here, if you are interested.

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I've been meaning to tidy up the photos in my LJ ScrapBook for quite a while (probably five years or more). In the meantime, LJ made some changes to ScrapBook. Among other things, they removed tags and the ability to have a photo in more than one album. In their reorganization, my photos got scrambled a bit (probably because they used to be ( Read more... )

I saw a piece on HGTV about this apartment in the pyramid atop Seattle's Smith Tower. Very impressive! I particularly like the spiral stairs going up to the glass globe at the top.

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