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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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Disappearing under a Blanket
That’s what’s happening to the green part of my world – it’s rapidly disappearing under a blanket of white. And that makes me want to disappear under a blanket of wool for a few months… ...
Preparing for Winter
For many of us this is an even busier period than summer – getting ready for winter is a lot of work when you live like we do. In the city we didn’t have this “problem” – the thermostat provided heat all winter, the driv...
Making Winter Easier
Going through photos of our house renovation progress yesterday, I came across some pictures of the snow we got last winter, and was shocked – my memory of being buried in the white crap might have underestimated it. The two photos below show C...
A Death in the Family
I’ve just lost a dear friend who has brought me armloads of joy for the past 7 years. He’s been fading for the past 3 weeks and this afternoon we discovered that he had an inoperable stomach tumor – he died on the operating table an...
Historic Lakefront Cabin at Carcross For Sale
Cathy and I have made the difficult decision to sell the Carcross property. I truly loved living there and said many times that I’d never leave, but since moving to Mary Lake it just doesn’t get used. What we talk about in terms of recrea...
The Sanctuary
This is another of the posts that were on the old blog, re-posted by using the Wayback Machine Originally posted on December 20, 2007 The move is complete. Well, most of it is - I still have a lot of books and files to bring down from the cabin, and ...
My New 9-5 - Cruise Vacation Planning
Today, for the first time in many years, I’m going to work in an office doing a 9-5. Instead of sitting at home dreaming about and planning trips for Cathy and I, I’ll be planning cruises and other trips for other people The new Expedia ...
Bike Weather!
Summer has arrived!! My kids are making me kinda nuts, though When I was in Calgary 3 weeks ago I helped my daughter pick out a new Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle, and a few minutes ago my son pulled up on his new Kawasaki KLR650! Whoohoo, Daddy needs a...
