Category: Personal

I don’t read enough

Stated more accurately, I don’t read properly anymore. Like many people with busy lives, I read snippets of information rather than complete articles – on the Web mostly. I seldom buy newspapers anymore, and often they sit on the table for days or even weeks before I do more...
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Reflections on staying alive

I’m still working on a major cleanout of old files, and have just been browsing the 15th anniversary edition of Outside magazine (October 1992). Its basic theme is how to stay alive. Staying alive physically, spiritually, emotionally – the whole package. I see why I kept this issue for...
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A postcard wedding

Cathy and I got married at Cathedral Cove, one of the most spectacular remote beaches in New Zealand (it’s also known by its Mauri name, Te Whanganui-A-Hei). While we were sorry that we couldn’t have had some of our family and friends with us, it was a perfect 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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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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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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Books as an investment

My first book, Fractured Veins & Broken Dreams, has been out of print for about 3 years now. Occasionally a copy appears in the collector market, but even that’s dried up in the past years or so. I got an email this afternoon that a dealer in Florida has...
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The tragedies continue…

The people killed in the balloon fire/crash in Surrey on Friday were the sister of a school friend of mine and her daughter. One of my sisters went to school with Shannon and was going to meet her on a school reunion cruise next month. To the Rogers and...
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A heartbreaking week

This past week has been one of tragedy compounding tragedy, in my little world and the larger one. I need to stop reading or watching the news – I can barely handle the news that arrives without me looking for it. A couple of days ago I heard that...
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