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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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  • The Luckiest Guy in the World - That’d be Me

    Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 10:40 in health, personal notes, epilepsy

    No, I didn’t win the lottery, but what I have received is even better than cash. I’m now seizure free with no drugs, despite the fact that the neurologist said it was not going to happen. He was going to take me off the dilantin in 6 mont...

  • Seizure Alert Dogs

    Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 12:14 in photos, Dogs, personal notes, epilepsy

    Back in the Fall of 2003 I met a strikingly handsome but “thrown-away” husky named Monty at the Whitehorse shelter, and we adopted each other. He had a very, very difficult time as a youngster (you can read his story at Everything Husky),...

  • One Day at a Time

    Posted on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 11:59 in personal notes, epilepsy

    I began getting emails and phone calls a couple of days ago asking if I was okay, as I’d dropped off the face of cyberspace, with no blog entries and emails unanswered. The comments on yesterday’s explanation of what’s going on (and...

  • The Value of Perspective

    Posted on Monday February 9th, 2009 at 12:07 in personal notes, epilepsy, comments on the news

    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...