Temporary Life/Travel
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Fondue For Me and You
Even though we have been home for a few weeks, we are only now hosting a group of friends for a dinner party. We have missed everyone. Life in Fort McMurray allowed for…
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Home Is Where the Heart (Attack) Is
I am suffering from DRAT (Domestic Responsibility Anxiety and Tension). My life has gone from simple to not-so-simple in the course of an eight-hour drive and it feels like a tidal-wave has crashed…
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So Long, 2_05
The air’s fall scent, nature’s aromatic spice, is undeniable. The long shadows of the season protect the last hardy flowers. The refreshing chill that lingers into the afternoon tells me my time in…
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Like It or Not (What I Have Noticed About Fort McMurray)
I am coming up to the two-month mark on my life in Fort McMurray. Sometimes, I think that being new in town, and knowing no one, offers that anonymity that allows one to…
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An Audience With the Chief
A trip to the East Glacier area of Montana is like going back in time. Picture two old gents sitting on the porch of Thronson’s General Store, Babb, Montana. Their heads track simultaneously,…
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Those are Some Mosquitoes!
“Mosquitoes,” they all warned. “You are going to Fort McMurray, you had better go prepared,” they said. At my office going away party, one of my clients gifted me a can of “Ben’s…
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Must Have vs Nice to Have
Part of my plan in preparing for my temporary move up to Fort McMurray was to take a one week exploratory trial run in order to check out our living space. I needed…
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Hey! How Does This Work?
Spring 2011 We now have a three to five-year plan. My husband will work about 6 months per year and we will have the flexibility to ski and travel in the winter. Once the…
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This is It!
Winter 2011 There I was sitting at my administrative desk job on the edge of downtown Calgary; my husband working in Fort McMurray, 21 year-old son at university down in Florida, and a…
