My Wishes for a #NewAlbertan
(read slowly like Paul Harvey would say it)
Ask your Dad for a fingertip drip of Jameson.
Learn how to kiss …passionately.
Clip your fingernails …really close.
Wear Bleu De Chanel.
Smile a lot.
Learn to dance the polka, two-step, and jive.
Slow dancing will come on its own.
Buy flowers …lots of flowers.
Take your Mom out on “school nights”.
Throw the baseball with Dad.
Smile a lot.
Learn to use a real calf rope.
Drive a pickup truck …nothing else.
Learn to pick crocuses and wild roses.
Valpolicella Ripasso is a great wine until you can afford Amarone.
Smile even more.
Travel, yes travel …to Spain, Netherlands, and Poland.
Eat great food.
Make your Mom buy you a pickle canner.
Love your Mom and your Dad but especially your Mother.
Smile even more.
Never forget you’re an Albertan.
Buy a ranch some day.
Wherever life takes you, never forget what an Alberta sky looks like.
Love country music.
Smile.
These are my wishes for you #NewAlbertan.
Michael Herman, February 2021.