Spring is on the move (in trunks)
Georgi Pearson says she’s “a Mom with a serious sewing problem,” a stay-at-home mom and part-time seamstress with “spring and a little bit of Mother’s Day on her mind.”The budding idea of a...
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Everything Old is New Again (or, ‘Pump It Up’)
Brace yourself, Yukon.There are strange things coming to the North this summer, and I am not just speaking of the various transients descending shortly.I guess it is not a for sure, but if Toronto and Montréal (the so-called...
Read MorePondering the Propensity of ‘Place’
This recent Easter long weekend, during the longest bout I might have ever had exclusively wearing pajamas, I had an interesting revelation.I mean, there’s a lot of navel gazing that can be accomplished with four days off...
Read MoreOne guy’s opinion of the best movies: Part 1 of 2
(Part 1 of 2)My brother and I were on a road trip and, to pass the time away, we tried to list the Top 10 movies of all time.Three hours passed gloriously, even though we never did agree on the definitive list. Sharing a home...
Read MoreGrey Mountain Adventures
The second Yukon Night Skies Star Party was fun and eventful. The skies cleared for a short time to give us some good viewing.As spring moves forward, our observing time becomes later and later each evening. The night sky is now...
Read MoreLaw-Abiding Beer
The Liquor Corporation in New Brunswick has created a wee bit of a stir lately (pun intended). It seems it is losing a lot of beer sales in border communities. Not to the U.S., as you might think, but to Québec.Every province...
Read MoreA Taste of Our Northern Woodlands
Morel mushrooms are an exquisite treat found in the ashy remains of the forest fire floor.Because these mushrooms only germinate when exposed to extremely high heat, morels are available the year after a forest fire has raged...
Read MoreOn this stage, everyone is ‘Ynkluded’
It was like walking onto the set of High School Musical … there are people milling about, laughing and joking around, spinning playfully in wheelchairs and then, boom, cohesion breaks out into a delightful musical number...
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