I took today off work today. I’ve put in so many extra hours lately that I knew I had to take a day in lieu and just … not work….
Read More
Working for the Birds
At Christmas time, the Redpolls were spotting heading up the Klondike Highway for Dawson City. I know, because I was driving that highway and hit two of them. Redpolls head…
Read More
Sunday afternoon hike
What’s a girl to do on a Sunday afternoon when football is on? Go for a hike! My exercise hike took a real nose dive for a couple of months,…
Read More
Two January Recommendations
Stuck in your house? Finding new definitions for boredom, loneliness, grumpiness? Let me help fix your mood, for a few moments anyway! Hunt for the Wilderpeople You can find this…
Read More
My 2020, in 1 second snippets
I used the 1 Second Everyday app again this past year to save a video documenting my life, in just one second bits at a time. It’s a long one,…
Read More
Happy New Year! It’s 2021!
Our friends had us over for New Year’s Eve last night. We thought we were in for a more subdued night, but NO! Take a look at the prepped fireworks,…
Read More
Merry Christmas 2020
Merry Christmas everyone! I know everyone is complaining that 2020 was the worst year ever. Not for me. It was another year of life! Fun! Adventures! I turned 45 a…
Read More
Prepping for Christmas, and providing chemo counsel
It’s dark in the Klondike, with the sun scheduled to rise at a minute before noon today, and then set at 4:24pm Yukon time (MST). I’m working hard on my…
Read More
20 things you need to know
I have no profound thoughts or exhilarating adventures to share, so instead I’ll share some recent photos from my iPhone and share some thoughts that may or may not have…
Read More
Feathery frost
My friend Tarie asked if I wanted to go with her to a macrame and health remedy sale today. Hmmmmm. Would I be obligated to buy macrame I asked? She…
Read More
Remembrance Day 2020
Remembrance Day falling mid week was a perfectly timed break, away from work, meetings, and obligations. We both took the chance to sleep in, which is remarkably easy when the…
Read More
New Boots: Columbia Bugaboots with Michelin treads
Do I have too many pairs of winter boots? Or is there no such thing when winter lasts half the year? Let’s go with that! Winter quickly came last week,…
Read More
Snow, buns, and planking
I haven’t had any epic journeys lately to blog about, so I’ll just tell you the mundane everyday stuff that’s been going on. Jeff’s been out moose hunting often over…
Read More
Take a walk with Hank
Last night Hank and I decided to take you on our walk. Usually when I take Hank on a brisk walk, I walk us down the middle of the road…
Read More
Harrowing road construction, check-up, and other random things
Last week the fall colours were really brightening up in town as the night time temperatures are plummeting. We turned on the oil monitor heater one morning to take the…
Read More
ATV ride to Moose Creek
It may be fall, and only 4 degrees C this morning, but the weather forecast looked great for another ATV ride with our friends. Last night we loaded my quad…
Read More
Two night solo camping expedition
With the weather forecast looking too warm to hunt, and Jeff’s hunting buddy needing to postpone their trip a week anyway, I threw together a last minute camping trip for…
Read More
Camping and yet another firewood expedition… well two
This past weekend was the Yukon’s August long weekend, celebrating Discovery Day – the anniversary of the discovery of gold that kickstarted the Klondike Gold Rush 124 years ago. We…
Read More
Weekend ride to Matson Creek
Jeff has been talking about taking a trip on his ATV to Matson Creek for months. It started as an idea of where to hunt this fall, but then a…
Read More
Camping in July
This past weekend we headed back to our camping spot for a couple nights to get away and enjoy the summer. It was much warmer – we didn’t need the…
Read More