MY YEG (EDMONTON)

I LOVE MY CITY.  I MISS MY CITY . I STILL LIVE HERE. 

I DON’T GET OUT VERY MUCH ANYMORE.  COVID SAW TO IT THAT MOST OF MY DAILY ACTIVITIES OUT AND ABOUT THE CITY HAD TO BE CANCELLED.  

I’VE EVEN STOPPED GOING TO CHURCH (PHYSICALLY…I STILL GO ‘ONLINE’ ) AND NEWS TODAY SAYS THAT A NORTHERN PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN OUR CITY HAS 99 ACTIVE CASES(20 RECOVERED) CONNECTED TO THE GATHERINGS THERE.

MY POOL IS CLOSED AND I NO LONGER PAINT ONCE A WEEK AT THE MARIAN CENTRE. MY WEEKLY MOVIE NIGHT OUT IS A MOVIE NIGHT IN AND WE WENT TO OUR FIRST RESTAURANT IN 6 MONTHS (THE PATIO AT EARL’S) LAST WEEK. I MISS MY CITY.

ALL FESTIVALS WERE CANCELLED THIS SUMMER AND WE ARE KNOWN AS THE ‘FESTIVAL CITY’ . I MISS THE FRINGE AND THE FOLK FEST THE MOST. 

MANY OF THE ICONIC STORES AND BUSINESSES HAVE FOREVER CLOSED LIKE THE 101 YEAR OLD ‘ARMY AND NAVY’ ON WHYTE AVENUE. 

THAT SAID, MANY MANY PEOPLE HAVE RETURNED TO WORK AND OUR STREETS IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS AND DOWNTOWN HAVE RETURNED TO A SUMMER BUSTLE.

OUR BRAND NEW LIBRARY IS SOON TO OPEN (WITH COVID PROTOCOLS) AND I LOVE THE MODERN LOOKS OF OUR ART GALLERY. IT’S A FRIENDLY CITY WITH A BEAUTIFUL RIVER VALLEY.  AS MANY OF YOU KNOW , I HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE MANY LOVELY PARKS TO MEET UP WITH MY FRIENDS FROM THE POOL, TO HAVE PICNICS , AND TO VISIT WITH FAMILY. 

THERE ARE MANY MANY ARTISTS IN YEG FROM MUSICIANS TO ACTORS,DIRECTORS, (ETC) ,PAINTERS/SCULPTORS, (ETC.), SINGERS,WRITERS, AND YOU NAME IT. THERE ARE ALSO SO MANY GALLERIES AND ART WALKS.  IT IS BEAUTIFUL HERE IN THE SUMMER. WINTER IS LONG AND COLD BUT ALSO BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE OF THE SUN. WE USUALLY HAVE BLUE SKIES FOR MOST OF THE YEAR.

SO …TIME TO GET OUT AND ENJOY THIS DAY…IN MY YEG!  I HOPE YOU CAN VISIT SOMEDAY.