There are eight weekends left of summer – between now and the Fall Equinox. Maybe it’s that countdown feeling that has me wanting to do a quick recap of July. Where did it go again?

Here are some highlights from the Wellness Almanac, in case you were too busy out camping, swimming, festival-going, Spud-running, alpine hking, fire-fighting, art-journalling, berry-picking, weed-pulling, ribbon-cutting or railway reminiscing to have been behind your screen. (I commend your priorities!)

Our guest photographers continue to inspire with their weekly Photos. (Anyone interested in sharing their view on the world, let us know!)

• Herbologist Evelyn Coggins reminds us how potent Nature is.
• Put the POP in Fizzy Pop. Trail Watch columnist Tracy Napier reviews a great intermediate link-up for mountain bike riders
• Meet Hare’s Farm Blueberries on the new Faces of the Farmers Market column
• Try out a recipe for Collard Wraps thanks to Rootdown Organics
• Learn how to spot the difference between heat cramps, heat stroke and heat exhaustion thanks to our Emergency Preparedness guru Bettina Falloon
• Identify a saskatoonberry, while the picking’s still good
• I found enlightenment in the ditch and freedom in a wildfire, and discovered that there were no supermarkets before 1946.

We also issued an RFP (that closes today) for a consultant to evaluate the Winds of Change initiative.

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