Hi Dan (?)

I'll definitely keep you in mind for when I write something about gardening or outdoor adventure (I am not much of a bird watcher so have no immediate plans to write about that). Thanks for the invite.

Cool that you're from Norwich. I was really involved in area all-state orchestra and I think we had a music festival in Norwich once. Plus, my mom grew up in Sangerfield, in a farm on the southwest corner of the intersection of Routes 12 and 20, so not too far from Norwich. My cousins all went to Waterville High School.

I love Edmonton but man do I hate the cold. Once a year the temperatures hover in the minus 30s-40s with the wind chill, and it usually lasts no more than two weeks, and that's where we are now. We've had wind chills in the minus-30s --to low minus-40s since the beginning of this month. I am so ready for it to be over!