Tag: L. neil Thrussell

Retirement Gathering

On December 14th, 2022 Alberta Environment and Protected Areas held a retirement gathering for little ole’ me. I put in just over 41 years of service to the Department and its various incarnations of the Ministries name. The festivities started with a luncheon at the Yangtze Buffet followed by a coffee and cake celebration at […]

Action and Adventure

Let me set the scene. Pretend for the moment the following is a scene from a movie and not what really happened to me on June 22, 2022! Our hapless careening up the road on his hybrid pedal bike! (See above) Like the lawful person he is, our hero safely merges over to the left […]

Jack (Jill) of all Trades

On Friday, Nov. 26th, 2021 I proudly wore many, many trade hats. Prior to Friday, Tina and I had completely cleaned out the office, removed everything in it in preparation of new laminate floors that were going to be installed on Friday into the office. Tina carefully patched and painted the walls. I needed to […]

Who wants to join me for Na No Wri Mo Month?

Okay, all you closet writers, who wants to join me for National Novel Writing Month in November? Na No Wri Mo is a fun-filled month of frantic writing. Why do I say it’s frantic? Glad you asked. It’s because you agree to write 50,000 words in 30 days. For me and my writing process, that’s […]