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...

Monty and Kayla know that what’s really important is getting out of the house at least twice a day regardless of the weather. As soon as it gets light and then again about 7:00pm, we make a loop around the property, which takes 10-15 minutes depending on the number...

As the snow gets deeper and deeper, my mind occasionally wanders to warm places, and last night I ended up in Costa Rica, where friends of mine are developing property, and then in Panamá. I love history as much as I love warm beaches, and I discovered that the...

When Palin loses her race for US Vice-President in a few days, will she be welcomed home? A few weeks ago it looked like she would be – a lot of folks back home were pretty pleased by all the attention the state was getting. To say that the...

Sorry, the reds, yellows and oranges you were hoping for dropped onto the ground many weeks ago. The photo below was shot on the way home from Whitehorse at noon today. The colours of Fall are now black and white. I fired up my SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) therapy...

One of the people responsible for the residents of Carcross starting the process of banning motor vehicles from the beach apparently thinks that he’s given the community the finger. Yes, we all know who you are, loser. The photos below show the damage he did following the meeting –...

A very interesting poll at iftheworldcouldvote.com shows who “the world” thinks would make the best US President. As of a minute ago, Barack Obama has received the thumbs up from 87.1% of the people who voted – that’s 378,484 votes for Obama. I think McCain is one scary s.o.b....

The South Klondike Local Advisory Council (SKLAC) hosted a meeting in Carcross last night, to further assess public support for rezoning part of the beach of Lake Bennett. The rezoning, taking the beach from “Hinterland” to “Hinterland-X” (hinterland with some restrictions), was presented as banning ATVs and dirt bikes...