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Fall Eve

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Although the leaves are turning, the nights are cooler and the sun drops faster from the sky lately, I was totally in denial about autumn coming. That is until I went into Starbucks tonight and got a seasonal favorite that magically appeared on the menu while I was in Jasper for the weekend; the Pumpkin [...]

I’m so glad I showered

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I was a little slow in waking Tuesday of this week. I blame the new curtains which block all but the tiniest amount of natural light from the bedroom. $120 Nautica drapes for $15! YES, $15! Thanks, Mom.
But, that’s beside the point. I was almost decided on not showering and going in to work in [...]

Lost Soul

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One of the hazards of keeping insects is that they typically only eat other insects. While I have spoken of the escapes our little inmates have had, I haven’t spoken of the true evil, escaped crickets.
Although the chirping of crickets and cicadas pleases me on a hot tropical summer night, and it takes me to [...]

Addition

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On Wednesday/Thursday, I played mountain taxi and dropped my boyfriend and his two friends off in the mountains for an extended bachelor party hike. It was an amazing drive, but things just did not seem to add up…
300 km edmonton to calgary +
108 km calgary to canmore (at 530am, steam rising from sloughs, the sunrise [...]