Cold and northern lights

It’s below -20°C now and will be staying below -20 (-4F) until next week! Pretty good for early November! We had a sky full of northern lights tonight. Horizon to…

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Beethoven

My Tante Hanny’s book is one of my most treasured gifts. She was my Dad’s father’s older sister. In her book, My Heritage is Yours, she mentioned my birth: “On December…

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Winter is settling in

Winter moved in over the last week! The first few days of snow melted mostly during the day. The sunrise is around 9:30am now, but the direct sun already doesn’t…

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Mid October updates

I came back from my Thanksgiving trip to snow here in the Yukon. For the first few days, it snowed at night, and melted during the day. With the temperatures…

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Thanksgiving in Thunder Bay

I’ve been way overdue for a visit to Thunder Bay, and more importantly, my friend Jen and her family. A few months back, I decided I better get my act…

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Hank update – our growing puppy

Hank is almost 12 weeks old and is growing like a…. long legged monster. He’s getting tall and is still clumsy. He likes eating dandelions, dirt, and wood. He chases…

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Breaking up with my mattress

Once, I loved you But you made me sweat I don’t like sleeping in a divot And I really don’t like climbing a hill to find my husband on the…

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Grand Meetup reflections

Last week I was in Whistler, British Columbia for my company’s Grand Meetup. Once a year, our entire company gets together to be in person for a week. The company…

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It’s September!

We had our first heavy frost in town yesterday morning. Fall is well underway! The big birch trees on the neighbour’s yard are shedding yellow leaves all over the neighbourhood….

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Welcome Hank!

We have a puppy! You’re right, I didn’t want another dog. I love having my life all to myself. Yet Jeff wanted one desperately. It started to feel like the…

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Operation firewood

Jeff’s already got three loads of firewood for the winter, and today was the first chance I had to go with him. This is our first winter with a wood…

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More adventures with Mom and Julie

The adventures continued this week with our visitors – my mom and my sister Julie. Chicken, Alaska On Wednesday, I took Mom and Julie over to Chicken, Alaska. Mom had…

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Weekend trip north of the Arctic Circle

Neither Mom nor Julie have been to the Northwest Territories, so we figured we’d help them with their bucket lists and take them there this weekend. The Northwest Territories border…

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What a night, they did the toe!

What a night! We started out at Klondike Kate’s for a good supper. A good supper always needs a good drink. I tried to encourage everyone to order the best…

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