https://megwalker.ca/intrepid-typist/
Meg Walker is a past co-editor for What's Up Yukon.
She is a writer and visual artist living in Dawson City.
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Meg Walker
Random Acts of Sunlight
This summer I learned that random acts of sunlight, a broken lawnmower and tolerant neighbours can lead to a lot of delicious, surprising salad ingredients growing all over my backyard. Instead of the monoculture of lawn, there's a botanical array Read more
Out of the Forest
Humans are attracted to animals on an instinctual level, yet more than 50 percent of us now live in urban settings, worldwide (as of 2008). This collective experience creates a substantial gap in how we understand foxes, coyotes, beavers and other wi Read more
Colour Me Mayo
Mayo is often Yukon's hot spot in the summer, and this Saturday June 18,2011 it's the hot spot for the arts as the Mayo Arts Festival takes place from noon to 7 pm. Read more
Issue: 2017-01-11, PHOTO: Gabriela Sgaga
Self Love
From Jan. 26 to Feb. 25, the ODD Gallery in Dawson City will be featuring an exhibition called The Golden Age of Selfies. The exhibition will showcase work submitted by members of the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC). The idea of... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-29
Perpetual Curiosities: A 30-Year Retrospective Art Exhibit
On Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m., the ODD Gallery in Dawson City will be holding a reception for the opening of Perpetual Curiosities: A 30-Year Retrospective. The exhibition is by long-time Dawsonite Shelley Hakonson, whose last show at the... Read more
Adventure starts here
It was novelist Lawrence Hill who told me while we sipped tea in the Downtown Hotel dining room in Dawson in March that his early career as a journalist taught him to embrace the adventure of his stories. The beauty of living in the North is the adv Read more
A word (or two) about What's Up Yukon
With not one, but two new editors now in harness at What's Up Yukon, our loyal readers may be wondering what that means and how their magazine might be changing. Read more
Who could possibly say no?
Some offers a person simply can't refuse. When the email inviting me to be part of the What's Up Yukon team landed, the cadence of Marlon Brando coming down the wire was unmistakable. The pressure was intense. How could I rush ... Read more