Back in the Fall of 2003 I met a strikingly handsome but “thrown-away” husky named Monty at the Whitehorse shelter, and we adopted each other. He had a very, very difficult time as a youngster (you can read his story at Everything Husky), but our relationship has deepened beyond...

We don’t actually live in igloos as many folks Outside apparently think, but check out this photo of one of our transit buses. I didn’t make this up – it’s a screenshot of part of yesterday’s Whitehorse Star home page (thanks to Smells Like Yukon for pointing out this...

I began getting emails and phone calls a couple of days ago asking if I was okay, as I’d dropped off the face of cyberspace, with no blog entries and emails unanswered. The comments on yesterday’s explanation of what’s going on (and the many phone call) are deeply appreciated...

Calgary Transit has just approved an advertising campaign that will put signs on the sides of city buses that read: “There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Of course, there are those who are offended (probably the same people who post and/or announce their...

This year, for the first time in several years, I’ll be home for the start of the Yukon Quest on February 14th so Cathy and I can both go to it (oh yeah, I’ll be home for Valentine’s Day too 🙂 ). In this year’s Quest, my friend Michelle...

I mentioned yesterday that a brake had frozen on my pickup truck and it was stranded at our Granger property. I stewed about it all night, as the situation was made even worse by the fact that in all the fuss I hadn’t even thought about plugging it in...

We got the kitchen renovation project finished yesterday afternoon, a little over an hour before picking the new tenants (and new Yukoners 🙂 ) up at the airport. Nothing like cutting it close! It’s a fairly dramatic change from the old kitchen – brighter, friendly and with a bit...

Climate change – in the southern Yukon the most noticeable effect has been warmer winters with less sun and more snow. Yesterday morning, the business of the day started at 08:50 with plowing the driveway (and ended 9 hours later when we got home from the kitchen reno job)....

For the past week, we’ve had 2 moose coming through the property on their rounds, and on Christmas Eve they bedded down for the night less than 100 feet from our bedroom window. We haven’t seen them yet, but the next-door neighbour says it’s a cow and 2-year-old calf....