Remembering My Old Life in Edmonton

I’m back in Edmonton for the first time since 2019. I spend the first two days working, visiting libraries in and around Edmonton. I purposely booked a hotel downtown, just a block away from the last apartment I lived in. Unsurprisingly, everything feels nostalgic.

On my first vacation day, I get coffee and breakfast at District Cafe on 109 Street. I spend an hour or two wandering the legislature grounds, and it’s an absolute blast from the past. For six years, from 2009-2015, I lived next to the Ledge Grounds so I’ve wandered here a lot.

Since I moved away in 2015, my life has changed and I’ve changed - more than a lot. As I wander the Ledge Grounds in perfect, crisp fall weather, I marvel at how far I’ve come. How much my beliefs have changed. How different my life is now. And how much happier I am.

University of Alberta campus.

Don't forget to look up. Rutherford Library.

The building I lived in from 2012-2015.

Autumn on the Alberta Legislature grounds.

The Alberta Legislature Building.

High Level Bridge.

Symmetry in nature.

Selfie on the Ledge grounds.

Paisley.

Molly.

Poetry on 124th Street.

Above the clouds on the flight home.

Flying home into Vancouver.