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A short drive but a big step

Well, my friends, I don’t know how this will end, but I’m going to try to write a blog post in the style of “the before times.” If successful it will be my second post in 6 months. I have two things going on health-wise. I’m not going to...
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A glimpse into my brain-injury world

My regular readers will know that I haven’t posted on the blog for a very long time (since November 25th). For the past few days I’ve been trying to write a post that will give you a glimpse into my current world. It’s a confusing and overwhelming place, and...
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A visit to the Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary at Cochrane

It’s wonderful to finally get to spend a week with my daughter and son. This morning, I suggested that we go out to the Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary, located 60 west near Cochrane. Despite being on the list of places I wanted to see for many years, Cathy and I...
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Flying to Calgary for a week

This post is rather odd in that I’m writing it 2½ weeks after the event, and back-dating to when I would normally have written it, that afternoon. The reason for this is that my brain injury symptoms flared up in a major way a few weeks ago and I’m...
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An incredible night of aurora borealis

I’ve just come in from one of the most amazing aurora shows I’ve ever seen, and after dying down, it’s ramping up again as I write this. There are photos being posted from all over Canada, so a whole lot of people are getting to experience this one. Although...
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Seeing the Trumpeter swan migration up close

While the Spring migration of the Trumpeter and Tundra swans through the southern Yukon is a major event, the Fall migration is generally not, because there is no massive gathering of thousands of swans. At least there’s no massive gathering in a place that’s easy to get to. In...
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Embracing the “in-between” season

Winter arrived early this year – very early – but then backed off for a couple of weeks, and I got out a few times to photograph the “in-between” season, with ice and open water, frost and green plants. And there were some interesting aircraft as well 🙂 My...
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The white aurora – the Internet’s most successful aurora hoax

Every year about this time, I start seeing photos of an incredible white aurora. It’s hard to imagine how many million times these 3 photos have been posted, often as “The Hem of His Garment” Aurora Borealis in Finland, but they’ve also been posted as the aurora in the...
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Winter has solidly arrived – snow and aurora borealis

We can usually count on having snow that doesn’t melt away by October 31st – this year it arrived almost a month early. I’m not quite ready for Winter, logistically or mentally, but it’s here anyway so I had better get everything in order in the next few days....
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Things you must do to experience the Yukon

It snowed all day today. The temperature has sat at 0°C for most of the last 18 hours. When a wind arrived with the snow about noon, it was simply awful. It’s not even October yet. Also today, Keith Halliday posted an article in the Yukon News entitled “Your...
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