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Summer
Where I live, there exists a short and precious span of time between snowfalls. It is when gardens grow strong, trails turn green, and daylight extends well into the night. SUHH – murr For July and August, this blog is on a summer publication schedule: still posting, but not-daily. Check back for sporadic summer check-ins
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Local Big
In merely one week I’m going to be packing up that little black truck in the background of this photo and driving north with a cargo of camping gear to spend some quality time in the Alberta wilderness. (No) thanks to the pandemic it’s been two years since I’ve slept in a tent, and coincidentally
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Heat Proofed
While the baker in me is disappointed by the negative impact the heat has had on my sourdough, the science nerd side of my brain has been giddy at watching how this blast of summer temperatures spun the dial on one of the variables in the delicate process. My fellow Western-North-Americans know this all too
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Hot Days, Trail Run Nights
Sunday Runday and technically I finished my weekly long, slow distance very early this morning, even before I went to bed last night. The arrival of what the weather forecasters have called “a mass of hot air” over the western half of North America has provided us with a second great excuse to mix up
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Toys, Tackle and Fish Stories
Another story thread I may have seemed to have dropped is that of my slowly simmering plans to do a little fishing this summer. Back in my previous Gone Fishin’ post back in March I was revelling in the notion of the snow melting soon so that my brand new fishing permit and soon-to-be-mended rod