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Captured!

Catching the kitty that lived on my porch through -30 C (-22F)  temperatures has kind of consumed my spare time for the last few weeks. Well, that, and my birthday on Monday, and the midterm that I...

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Back to the summer!

  We’ve barely emerged from a very deep freeze here in Calgary, and the sharp wind that ushered in our Chinook barely feels like an improvement. It’s + 2 C outside, but feels much colder, and frankly...

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Zero weddings and a funeral

    My grandmother passed away last week, and the entire family has been busy sending her off.  Please, no condolences are needed – she was a very respectable 85, and had cancer which left her very...

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Our weather is typical, and a quickie review

        This was my hood yesterday morning.  We got our typical April dump that comes right after the first few days of sunshine and spring, just to give us that kick in the pants that says don’t get...

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Chicks with tools

  I’ve always had a healthy interest in using my hands – in MAKING stuff – be it cooking, fixing a fence, growing a garden and other such pursuits. I took shop in high school and occasionally help...

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I used to laugh at forwards, until it happened to me… or the perils of exercise.

        I hired a personal trainer.  I’ve been fairly active for the last two years, but kind of freely and sporadically, and I really wanted to step up my game, and get off the weight loss plateau...

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School sucks

  Cartoon from toonpool   So it’s been a while since I’ve had anything to share with y’all, and the main reason is that I’ve been swamped up to my eyeballs in schoolwork. Why schoolwork? Because I...

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Contest time!

It’s time to get your drinking face on, and tie your bibs!     Fall is most definitely in the air, as our chilly weather and rain outside can attest, and one of the great things about fall is the...

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We have a winner!

As per the random number generator, the very first commenter is our lucky winner! Congrats decthirty  – please shoot me your details, and you’ll have free entrance at the door.  

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Back in the saddle again!

  I tried to stay away I really did. But even though this is likely the busiest I’ve ever been in my life, I miss having stuff to say and throw into the ether of the interwebs. How busy is busy? Crazy...

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Dancing with the devil

The quiet steady life as I knew it fell apart in May 2012. My father was painfully waiting for his aorta valve replacement surgery, and he didn’t make it to the surgical ward. He collapsed outside of...

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