I am humbled by your earthly power, that creates rivers out of our alleys, and beats a steady rythym on our rooftops, and in our lives, forcing us to stop for a moment and just stare.

Happy birthday greetings to beautifulcheese!! I suppose it's almost over now, but I hope you are having a great day:)

They really dig the hockey here. Honking, hollering, howling, dare I say stabbing may continue through the night sans reprieve. Strange but I've enjoyed watching the last few games. Kindof ironic that the Sharks' big goal scorer (who was unable to score this last game) is from a remote northern Canadian town. ( Read more... )

This may be my last post for a while, as I will be busy with summer clinic until the end of July. The week off has been nice and relaxing, and i look forward to the first camping trip of the season (despite *everyone's* better judgement) this weekend. Kev and I will head out to Elk Island national park so as to escape the buzz of city life. it won ( Read more... )

...has arrived!! Just a short note to share this wonderful news. What were huge piles of snow last week are nowall but melted. Quite the abrupt transition. I'm feeling somewhat like "welcome to the rest of Canada, where we have real seasons." Anyway, it is truly glorious, as I have been riding my bike to school for the first time since November. ( Read more... )

10 cm and more on the way. We'll see a foot before this day is through. Back on the island, people are counting their early spring flowers by now I'm sure. Kevin and I are avidly watching people get stuck in the snow around our building - very amusing. We are such nosy neighbours;) K is still quite ill with the mono and continues to persist in ( Read more... )

For those of you wondering, I am surviving the super cold weather and even look forward to days when it's only going to be -15. ( Read more... )

She being JK Rowling, writer of the Harry Potter series, creater of many a mythical and magical being. This week being reading week, I've had the pleasure of finishing book 6 (HP and the Half Blood Prince) which was satisfying in length and content, my only criticism being the untimely murder of one of the key characters. This upsets me and I need ( Read more... )

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Normally something so trivial doesn't garner such excitement but this is *crazyprairieland* and wind is not terribly common here. Of course I opened all the windows in the apartment and the fern, hanging close by, decided this was a good opportunity to molt. The other exciting thing about today is that it's presently 5:37pm and still light out! And ( Read more... )