City changes

[jay]

Visiting a place periodically for me seems a bit like an LDR... intense, a short time spent in person, and the intervening absence makes small changes more readily apparent. Example: North Woods Hemp Shop "Alberta's Premier Cannabis Location" on a walk up Whyte Ave this morning. I remember walking past the shop on previous visits, but I don't remember them being quite as bold about their advertising. A small change, perhaps, but noticeable. Or liquor stores being privatised, likewise. And the local economy is doing well, a refreshing change from the gloom and unemployment at home.

When one is fond of the locale (as I have become of this place) the LDR analogy is even closer. But time to pack...

Comments

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

But hemp is such a useful material - even hemp seed is good to eat (rich in the essential fatty acid that most of us lack in our diet, known as 'omega 3'). The USA and UK are self-deprived of this by ignorance.

Fire? I wasn't aware of it.

Then you missed a very sad story: http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/03/14/edmonton030314
http://www.rewedmonton.ca/content_view?CONTENT_ID=353

I can't find any stories on the re-building, however.