An Albertan & Canadian, definitely a northern gal. Social worker by profession, this blog has included some of my work over 10 years in Nunavut from 2002 on. Passionate about slowing down & taking time to appreciate the beauty of the outdoors or kindness in relationships as gifts & blessings; injustices against children in situations beyond their control; my faith; Nature, experiencing the outdoors whether cycling, walking. x-c skiing or gardening, my dogs, capturing on film God's beauty, experiencing life intensely & with the senses, richness of late afternoon light, wind in my hair cycling with my dog on a beach road, couching inches from an arctic flower or alpine lichen to capture it with my camera, insight of a student's new learning, a good conversation over a coffee.
I have been attending a 3-day professional conference on Child Abuse and Neglect at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sacramento California. Enjoying speakers and different disciplines from social work to medical nurses & physicans and law enforcement and mental health...wont go into all the details here but one of the side benefits 
has been sitting by the pool with my computer in breaks and the warmer weather! 
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Welcome to the US! Glad you are enjoying the warmer weather. California is my favorite state - I spend a lot of time in Orange County. Your dogs would hate it though! It's way too warm for your arctic pups...