Category: Home Life

Merry Christmas From the Yukon

It’s just before 8:00, over 2 hours until sunrise, but there’s just the teeniest bit of light in the sky from the almost-full moon that’s partly hidden by clouds. There isn’t a sound here – it’s as peaceful as it is beautiful. It doesn’t really feel like Christmas Day...
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Our new home, “The Sanctuary”

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 it’ll take a few weeks to get everything organized once it does all arrive. Despite the chaos, and the challenges of moving just...
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The Murphy’s Laws of Moving

The image below shows the “14 Day Trend” for Whitehorse at The Weather Network as of this morning. We’re moving tomorrow and Monday, when the high temperatures are forecast to be -21 and -24°C respectively. Brrrrrr! What a wimp, eh? 🙂...
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You can take the boy out of the country – for a while…

How much of who you are is defined by the space you occupy – by your office, your home, your community? How much of the character of those spaces can you define or at least influence? No doubt there are infinite variations in what occurs. The cycle that develops,...
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The simple pleasures and home-based business

Working from home isn’t without its challenges – from uneven cash flow to the occasional difficulty of staying focused. But on days like today when I can add kitten-sittin’ to my Web site duties, “there’s no place like home”. Molly spent much of the afternoon curled up beside my...
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Weighty decisions, guy style: garage planning

In 5 weeks I’m moving to a house that has double the useable square footage, and the same-size double garage without the huge mezzanine storage I have now. Looking around my garage tonight, one of 3 conditions must be true: #1 – I have too much stuff #2 –...
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Executive home with rental suite For Sale

Executive home for sale in Whitehorse, Yukon This home is located in the upscale neighbourhood of Granger, high on the hill above Whitehorse. During the short drive downtown, you are faced with wonderful views of the Big Salmon Mountain Range. A large grocery store is 6 blocks away, downtown...
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iPod Speakers – Finally Found!

You wouldn’t think that finding good speakers for your iPod would be that tough, would you? Okay, “good” is subjective – what I’ve been looking for for a long time is a small portable system with good sound (duh!) to use on the deck. I finally found what I...
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The longest night & the snowiest Winter

Today is the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. The sun in Whitehorse will only be above the horizon (if there were no mountains) for 5 hours, 38 minutes. With this very warm weather, though, come clouds, so it’s even darker. With the clouds, snow has arrived...
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