It’s been a very long time since I thought of myself as being naive, but this headline in Friday’s Star threw me. A semi-automatic gun being fired on Main Street? What in hell is going on here? Just as important, where in hell are the cops? They KNOW who...

Coming up in 3 weeks is a symposium that all of us who are involved in Yukon history will want to attend. And unlike so many symposia, this one is actually affordable to the average Yukoner. The focus of “Discovering Northern Gold” is in 2 parts – the primary...

I love old buildings. Well, most old buildings. Some have such a history of bad karma that its very, very difficult to find anything to love. The Caribou Hotel is in that category, and ever since Bob Olsen was murdered I’ve been saying that I’d like to see it...

This “summer” was so crappy that I’ve really been trying to hang onto the concept in case we got a warm spell. This morning it became obvious that I need to accept the fact that Father Winter is knockin’ on the door. Looking down the hill from Granger this morning,...

For many people, the wilderness is therapeutic. For others, photography works the same way. On Wednesday (September 6th), I guided professional photographers Robin Armour (from Yukon Tourism) and Patrick Close (the current artist-in-residence at the Ted Harrison Artist Retreat at Crag Lake) up Montana Mountain for a day of...

When you’re standing in front of a glacier, it’s usually all but impossible to get a sense of scale – there’s just nothing close to it that you can compare it to. If you get lucky and see the glacier calving, just how big is that splash?? On my...

Personalized licence plates (a.k.a. “vanity plates”) are really catching on in the North recently. Last year, the folks at Alaska Tourism turned the concept into an excellent marketing tool with the plate seen below – ads that make you think are bound to be successful, and the thought that...

Despite the very long silence here, I haven’t died since retiring from bus driving a few weeks ago – I’ve just been out having fun. The Outback is getting a good workout (to the right, crossing a creek on the Alsek Road), the Canon Digital Rebel an even better...