I returned home from Singapore with an icky cold! What started with a sore throat spread to face pain (sinuses probably?), sore teeth, crackly ears, chest congestion, sneezing, coughing, just…
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Snotty Nose Rez Kids
For the final show of my winter get-out-there-and-sample-new-things series, my friend Janet and I went to see the Snotty Nose Rez Kids tonight! They are a hip hop duo from…
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Spring Updates
Nothing substantial today, just a bunch of pictures and brief updates! Garage flooded Our garage flooded! The base of the garage doors is flush with the back alley. In the…
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Was it really the coldest March here in 50 years?
We’ve been hearing that it was the coldest March in 50 years up here in the north. From: https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/forecasts/locked-in-the-freezer-northern-canada-just-saw-its-coldest-march-in-50-years But was it in Dawson City? Was it really the coldest…
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Thaw di Gras 2026
It was Dawson City’s Thaw di Gras Spring Carnival this past weekend. As always, it was bitterly cold, but sunny! I went out three nights in a row! We kicked…
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The graders say it is SPRING!
It’s totally not spring, it’s cold, and windy, and never ending, but it is sunny and the graders are stripping the snow off the streets! I zipped out for some…
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Armour courtois – a night of medieval jazz!
Tonight, with my friends Janet, and Alex, I attended Amour Courtois: Medieval Meets Jazz at KIAC (Klondike Institute of Art & Culture). Janet and I purposely didn’t look up anything…
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Saturday afternoon updates, of little importance
The red polls are back for the season and are finally eating the bird seed we’ve provided! The sun shone on our house today! For the first time since November….
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Boil water advisory just lifted, but Hank had to skip a walk
Thanks to Facebook, home of our community’s digital rant and complain board, we heard that an aggressive pitbull had just ripped a dog apart, killing it, on the north end…
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Broken water mains, flooding, frozen pipes, and a boil water advisory
It’s been a busy week in Dawson, most particularly for our city workers, and local contractors. We’ve had a couple of water main breaks lately, which happens here in winter,…
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Yep, still cold
It’s January. Of course, it is still cold. Turns out, that was our 6th-coldest December in Dawson City since 1898. Zooming in on that chart for Dawson City: I’ll have…
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I’m 50! Recap of the week
When my brother and his wife told me a few months ago that they were thinking of coming up to visit us for my 50th birthday, I thought they were…
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Hundreds of earthquakes and the cold is here!
On Saturday afternoon I was decorating the house for Christmas and I was a little damp-eyed as I set up the little Christmas tree that always sits on the kitchen…
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I went to a French rock concert
And I thoroughly enjoyed it! Except maybe I should bring ear protection next time, that was kinda loud. I had a goal to get out and do more things this…
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It’s ludicrous how little I’ve blogged this month
So many things to update you on! I’ve been busy this month, and when I wasn’t busy, I was moaning about how busy I just was, and then spent hours…
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HOME!
There was plenty of construction during my last leg home. It was sunny. It rained. Same ol’ story. I saw a moose though! Any ideas I had about how my…
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Canada Day in Dawson City, and Vacation Prep!
The sun was HOT when we gathered to watch the parade yesterday! We stood near the corner of 5th and Church with our friends Kyle and Cerys. After the parade,…
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Wednesday fire situation updates (..updated)
Here’s a picture of Hank and me looking out the window this morning! Here are some of the latest fire updates, in case you’re worried about Dawson! Latest view across…
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Nothing much new
Fires are still burning. Evacuation alerts are still in place. More structures have sprinklers on them. No buildings have been lost to fire. The Dempster and the Klondike highway were…
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Smoky day, ash everywhere
Not much to report on tonight, but I know some of you will be waiting for an update. It was so smoky this morning, and it has stayed that way…
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