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The writer is a resident of Canada's Yukon Territory with a passion for Exploring the North. This blog is one of the vehicles used to share that passion through words and images.
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From the Sea to the Peaks
Whenever I have a bit of time to spare, I drive down to the Coast Guard Station at YVR to see if a particular piece of equipment is there so I can get a photo. This morning I finally got lucky. Back in 1997, the crew of this hovercraft very likely sa...
Genealogy - Off to the Yukon
A few days ago my mailbox contained a copy of the beautifully-produced newsletter of the Tay Valley Family History Society from Dundee, Scotland. I had supplied the cover art so of course was interested in seeing the article that it was tied to. A br...
Alaskans Get All the Fun!
The first photos of the Mt. Redoubt volcano eruption from the Alaska Volcano Observatory are pretty darn cool! All we have is the beautiful, long-retired Golden Horn, and she’s much too close for an eruption to be fun! It is sad, though, to see...
Another Moose Drops By…..
We had another moose drop by this morning. Monty alerted Cathy that something unusual was up, and she looked out the bedroom window to see the cow walking by about 30 feet away. The cow was walking quite gingerly, and I believe that she’s pregn...
Keeping the Yukon Legends Alive
We don’t actually live in igloos as many folks Outside apparently think, but check out this photo of one of our transit buses. I didn’t make this up - it’s a screenshot of part of yesterday’s Whitehorse Star home page (thanks ...
The Value of Perspective
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve had an extremely hard time seeing my glass as half full. I haven’t paid much attention to the news, but have just been reading about the horrific wildfires in Australia and now feel pretty damn lucky. So...
“There is probably no God….”
Calgary Transit has just approved an advertising campaign that will put signs on the sides of city buses that read: “There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Of course, there are those who are offended (probably t...
Canadians - Think About Getting Sick
Do you know how lucky we are to have socialized medicine? No, I mean do you really understand what can happen when you don’t have it?? Have a look at Dennis Mattingly’s story in the Anchorage Daily News this morning to keep things in pers...
Spread the Frustration & Despair!
Pretend you’re a big-shot journalist and spread the pain around, but with t-shirts and posters - From BIGDOGS.com: or… From Despairwear (”Wear Your Heartlessness on Your Sleeve”): From The Onion Store (̶...
Morons on ATVs
One of the people responsible for the residents of Carcross starting the process of banning motor vehicles from the beach apparently thinks that he’s given the community the finger. Yes, we all know who you are, loser. The photos below show the...
The Recession - a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The more people read articles like Recession fears leave markets battered, the surer the guarantee that a recession is indeed imminent. The markets are being driven by fear, which is largely being driven by the media. It’s just like the paranoi...
Canadians - Don’t Panic
After staying fairly stable for much of the Wall Street crisis, my RSP funds have suffered staggering losses this week as people panic and bail out of the markets. Depending on what you’ve invested in, that may be a good idea, but probably not....
Where Wealthy Men Meet Beautiful Women
The modern world is full of paradoxical situations, and sex and dating is one of the oddest. In North America and Europe in particular, sex in the media is getting more and more blatant - the new TV series Californication being one of the best exampl...
