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Friday Construction Post
It has been a long time since I had one of these posts. I’ve gotten the construction bug of late and have been siding the shed as a means of satisfying it. I started to work on the project some time ago by putting Tyvek on the outside of the shed. Tyvek is a windproof…
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It’s here!
No, not the Fuel Ship. Winter.
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Uluksan
Uluksan point is one side of the "mouth" of Arctic Bay (the other being Holy Cross Point, a finger of black rock jutting into the ocean). It was a traditional living spot, dating back to pre-contact times, a place where people gathered slate to make uluit. An Ulu is a "woman’s" knife, a very efficient…
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Google Meme – Only because my Blogmom tagged me.
Nuthatch (my inspiration) tagged me with this "Google" Meme. Rules are pretty simple. Plug your first name and the following verbs (needs; is; likes; wants; gets; and says) into Google and copy the first (or best) five responses. So, with some ado… Clare needs…1) a temporary fiance2) more nous (????)3) to purchase a total of…
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Feeding Frenzy
I don’t think this needs any further comment.
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A Tragedy
The community suffered another blow yesterday. A fourteen month old girl went into the Health Centre the night before last suffering from a fever and seizures. She died yesterday morning, before she could be medivac’d. It just happened that two doctors were in town on a scheduled visit, but despite their, and the nurse’s, and…
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Things you don’t see in your neighbourhood if you live in, say, Toronto
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What a Beautiful Fall
It is hard not to wax effusively about life up here these days. It has been an absolutely gorgeous fall. Most daytime temperatures are hovering around 10C. The mornings have been dead calm, not a cloud in the sky. The wind picks up mid-afternoon and blows away the dust from the traffic and the airport…
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… and check the oil and clean the windshield also.
Last week saw the arrival of our first sealift ship of the year, the fuel ship. The Tuvaq is on it’s first trip of the season here with a load of diesel/heating fuel for the next year. This is actually the second ship to arrive this year, a cruise ship visited in the fog a…
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Berry picking time.
The other day Leah took a day off and went blue berry picking with her Aunt and sister. She came back with an ice cream pail full, and a gorgeous picture of her sister and her aunt in the hills above Second Bridge.
