Month: November 2008

We got the rest of the cabinets for our new kitchen in on Thursday, so were back to work on that project today. We got off to a late start, distracted by the great breakfasts at the airport 🙂 Although we’re running into some bugs, things are coming along...

A couple of envelopes I’ve received in the mail over the past few days came from tiny Alaska post offices, and made me think about how different they are from the mass-producing mail-factories that are found most places now. Just look at the postmarks on them – Nice stamps...

This is a public service announcement, passing on a couple of health warnings: First, do not swallow bubblegum! The second warning may not be completely accurate. Although the woman claims that jackhammer noise may harm her baby, it seems more likely that it’s already caused some degree of brain...

[Updated March 7, 2022] A couple of weeks ago, I received some information from Parks Canada about safety around polar bears. Many years ago I saw a polar bear while I was flying along the Beaufort Sea coast west of Tuktoyaktuk, and ever since have been determined to some...

The warm spell we’ve got happening right now seemed like a good time to put our first Christmas lights up on the house. “Warm” is relative, though – it’s been getting up to about -10°C, which still makes for cold fingers when you’re trying to work with little gutter...

The sky yesterday morning was wonderful for a few minutes – these pastels are winter-only colours. Yesterday was a cleaning-up day, starting with clearing the snow that’s fallen the past few days. Not a lot but if you let it build up it gets tough to move. I thought...

Despite weather forecasts that called for sun in both Whitehorse and Skagway today, it turned out to be high fog for most of the day. Dropping down to Tutshi Lake, the scene was stunning, though – a gunmetal-gray lake below and thick fog of the same colour parting just...

I actually enjoy the creative process of house renovations, and this morning started a complete rebuild of the kitchen in one of our rental properties. From this angle it doesn’t look like a bad kitchen, but it’s quite worn out. This is the only part of the house that...