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Thank goodness the Year of Ox has begun.
That is the word from friends who follow the Chinese Zodiac calendar, some 20 to 50 days behind our Gregorian calendar.
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“Their Year of the Rat has ended, a traditionally turbulent year that lived up to its reputation,” says Edmonton’s graphic designer Wei Yew, born in Singapore of Chinese parents. “The Rat reigned in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic swept the world, taking the lives of nearly 2.5-million people and causing extensive economic chaos.”
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What do Sonja’s Book Club, Powder to the People and the Strathcona Druids Football Club have in common?
They are all teams of friends, families or club members who have signed up to take part in Edmonton’s Virtual Canadian Birkebeiner from Feb. 12 to 21.
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Breaking news: hundreds of enthusiasts from throughout Alberta, across Canada and the U.S. and six European countries have all signed up.
“Our Birkie board and committee members invested thousands of hours organizing this year’s Birkie, even knowing it stood a good chance of being cancelled because of COVID-19,” says Birkie president Dave Cooper.