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Another reason I should have built that helipad
For when friends drop in for coffee…
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The Cutting Room floor
I’ll have to admit that the thought of being in a documentary about the Great War appealed to me. Not as much as the thought that it was a documentary that included part of my Grandfather’s story. This past July I journeyed home to Roblin to be filmed, along with my father for a documentary.…
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My mum in Australia wants to talk to you. Part one.
Police often take flak over coffee. Tim Horton and doughnut jokes abound. The truth is, especially in small town policing, is that our breaks are never truly ours. When you’re as visible as the police are, and expected to be “on” at all times you expect to be interrupted . I can’t envision a postal…
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Yet again.
The scourge of suicide struck Arctic Bay again last night. A young man chose to end his life, leaving behind a (very) young pregnant wife and three small children, and grieving family and friends. I wish I knew what the answer was to this seeming never ending string of suicides plaguing the north. I realize…
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Giving thanks
I’m a lucky man. I’ve known it for some time. I’m blessed with so many things in my life, that it is hard to enumerate them all. Some are easy to speak of. In a world where many people never find great love, I’ve found it twice. I have two amazing children (and I know…
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Gracias a la Vida
I’m sitting here, listening to Tish Hinojosa singing, fingers poised over the key board, thinking about a young man in Hay River who I never knew, thinking about family, and thinking about the many things I have to be grateful for in my life. I’m also thinking about a wife who is living through her…
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A Rather interesting visitor
The past couple of days we had Dan Rather stay at the Bed and Breakfast. Mr. Rather and his crew was up doing a story on the Northwest Passage/Arctic Warming for his show Dan Rather Reports. He and his crew were a joy to have here, he is very much a gentleman and most interesting…
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Victor Bay and the living is easy
It is very much winter here now. Our first major snowfall on September 13th never completely disappeared from the ground, and much more has been added since then. Although the temperatures have remained mild, around -1 or -2, the grey skys and blowing winds have made it feel colder. And we’re now into our light…
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Look. Up in the sky, it’s..
The night before last Travis, for some unknown reason, said that we should look at the planets with a telescope. Now I’m pretty sure that he didn’t even know that we have a telescope, but it prompted me to get the scope out of the attic and put it together, for the first time since…
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Unabashed proud Dad post
One of the (many) joys of being a parent is that you get to do things that you haven’t done since you were a kid. Like this…
