Category: Murray

I’ve mentioned every now and then about the amount of material in my collection – photos, publications, and documents – that I’m scanning, then getting rid of in various ways. I’m currently in a large box of newspaper clippings that I’ve been carting around for 63 years. Its last...

“Everyone needs a friend who will call and say ‘Get dressed, we’re going on an adventure.'” is one of my favourite travel quotes, and having friends like that is really important to me now. A long-time friend messaged me recently and asked if I’d like to join him on...

I have too much stuff, and it’s been a constant source of stress, particularly since I got injured 4 years ago. I made some significant reductions to it last year, but there’s much more to deal with. Over the past few days, Cathy and I have finally dealt with...

Spring hasn’t actually arrived yet – even the 14-day forecast calls for temperatures to remain well below seasonal norms. Given our above-normal snow load, the slow melt is very good news for all the people who have been flooded or threatened by floods the past two years. But yesterday...

This will be a significant first-afternoon-of-Spring today. Significant because I didn’t expect to be alive to see it. I was going downhill so fast that after my doctor asked if I had my estate in order (a year or so ago) and a few weeks later said we could...

I’m going to start this post off with a screenshot from a Yukon government press release from December 7th: In my post on November 30th I said “Many weeks ago, I got 3 requests for engagements of various kinds, and I declined all of them – I simply didn’t...

It’s been 7 weeks since I last talked to you. In that time the southern Yukon has gone from a nice Fall to a dreary but fairly mild Winter, with a more normal snow level than the last two extremely heavy-snow Winters. Another Winter like those two might get...

When I lived in BC (the first 40 years of my life), I spent an ever-increasing amount of time in the spectacular Chilliwack River and Skagit River valleys. In 1988 I had an idea that a trail guide would be a useful addition to BC bookstore shelves. By the...

I seem to have never acknowledged this day (May 30th) for its significance as a life-changing day. It would certainly be on the very short list of the most significant such days ever for me. This day, May 30th, 55 years ago, was my first time in an airplane....

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...