Seen and Heard in Edmonton

The roundup meanders through memories, place-making, motherhood, food, reading, data and advice. And, you might notice, some rivers run through it.

• Jenna Chalifoux looks at how the people who have lived along the river have heeded and not heeded its ebbs and flows.
• An invitation and a reminder inspire Anna Marie Sewell’s poem about the Tawatinâ Bridge.
• Thomas Wharton remembers the Rat Hole in a contribution to Jeremy Bibaud’s new project, yegstoryhood.
• Andy Grabia recounts the surprising baseball career, not to mention golf prowess, of Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe.
• Glenn Kubish ruminates on The Tragically Hip’s Wheat Kings.

Where we live

• Mack Male celebrates the naming of Michael Phair Park.
• The menus are up for What the Truck?! at Blatchford Field on June 18.
• Radical Citizen Media has coverage of the 2016 Pride Parade.
• Karlynn Johnston helps you plant a bee-friendly garden.

Mom life

• Rachel Jones shares four confessions from her first year of motherhood on Edmomton.
• Hannah Hamilton reveals the torture of trying to make Mom Friends on The Momoirs.
• Unnecessarily high expectations are feeding your mommy guilt, writes Marisa Peters on Stream and Stone.
• Natasha Chiam looks for the bright side after a terrible day.

Food, glorious food

• Valerie Lugonja makes a gorgeous fresh fruit salad.
• Rhubarb and lilac inspire Maegan Lukian to make a lovely galette.
• Haystack cookies? Yes please, Margaret Bose-Johnson!
• Or how about this cranberry spinach buckwheat salad from Lillian Tse?
• Karlynn Johnston’s cookbook, Flapper Pie and A Blue Prairie Sky, is ready to order.

Recommendations

• Diana of 204 Park quizzes some creative folk about what they are reading.
• Fantasy fan Bill Thompson shares his summer reading list.
• Pop culture gives Devin Bruce three works connected to reincarnation.
• Laura Frey lists the literary podcasts she likes to listen to.
• Kevin Haggerty advises grad students to read widely and beyond their disciplines.

Data-diving

• Sunil Agnihotri finds hope for the Oilers in their stats for puck possession and expected goals.
• Trent Wilkie learns a little more about himself from a DNA test.
• Devon Waldon explains how Paper Leaf came up with a better (i.e. 55-hour-saving) way to transfer stuff into WordPress.
• Katie Kelly shares how she and her fiance share their finances.

Advice

• Beverley Theresa comments on the social media firestorm that Bank of America recently had to deal with.
• Kristina Lynne learns some lessons the hard way with her current renovation project.
• Christine Bruckmann lists places around Alberta where you and the kids can float or tube.
• Raising Edmonton has some additional tips for tubing the Pembina River with kids.

That’s what I could get to, and of course I missed lots of good stuff the previous week. That’s going to happen now that the roundup comes out every two weeks. But you can always find more at ShareEdmonton.

You can also find these picks and previous ones on my Flipboard magazine and in past roundups.

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