"Merry Christmas," said a handsome, middle-aged cowboy as he strode into a small Cochrane restaurant the other day today sporting his hat and jaunty neckerchief. He was sending everyone of us a Christmas greeting and was about as charming as cowboys usually are. Yes, there are still real cowboys in Alberta, just not in Calgary or Edmonton; the latter are extremely ethnic.
An 18-minute drive northwest of Calgary, Cochrane is a town we visit often because two of our grandchildren are there. We go to the Cochrane rodeo because the same Stampede cowboys perform, but on a much smaller and less expensive scale. It's actually accessible, whereas The Stampede is prohibitively expensive and impossible to get to with one's sanity in tact.
Nevertheless, I bemoan the dress code here. I continue to be an Eastern woman, with jackets, earrings and shoes to match. A few days ago, we attended a lovely Christmas gathering where the attire was....jeans. Oh, and socks and a few hideous Christmas sweaters. Ugh. But hey, it's Christmas and it's all about joy, love and giving. Merry, merry.
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