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A darker blue
My friend, Indigo, passed away yesterday afternoon in Kamloops. The world seems a lesser place today, bereft of an generous, inspiring, vivacious soul. The suddenness of it all seems to make it harder. Cancer is the disease that takes people slowly, creeps and withers them, not plucks them away in a week. Photos of her…
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A deeper blue.
Some people seem so very full of life, that it is difficult to imagine them sick. Impossible to really. So the news of a friend's illness has hit me like a punch to the stomach. There probably isn't a northern blogger that hasn't been touched by Indigo. She's had a long friendship with most of…
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The Move *Updated*
Part of the reason the blog has been so quiet lately is we have been in preparation for our impending move. And in negotiation with our new employer. I'll post the story in more detail as soon as the contract is in my hands, but we are making a radical change. Exchanging the far north…
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How’s your SAT score?
The latest I and the Bird, hosted by the Mike, the man behind IATB, is up at 10,000 Birds. Always worth visiting, this version is guaranteed to raise your SAT scores as well. Its the best of Bird Blogging, go visit now.
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Established
Spring is definitely in the air, even if it is a long way off. This weekend saw temperatures of -15C and it seemed like an ideal day on Sunday to take a quick trip out to the St George's Society Cliffs to check on the Gyrfalcons. One bird, I assume the male as he is…
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On tilt
Just a quick note to point you over to my latest post at 10,000 Birds. Time and the Tilting Earth.*
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Because every moon is a super moon.
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Its that time of the year
The Sun is is shining on my laptop screen right now, which (through a rather convuluted process) made me realize that today is the Vernal Equinox. March Equinox if you prefer and don't want to be North Americancentric. Now while that doesn't mean that Spring has arrived here, far from it. It does mean that…
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Tsunamis and albatross.
It is hard to grasp the scale of the disaster that is unfolding in Japan this past week. Images of the quake and the following tsunami are haunting as we've watched them in real time. One video I found especially poignent was taken by a fellow who just arrived in Japan to film the dolphin…
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Okay, now where was I?
Well, its clear the wheels have come off this thing. And I wish I had some huge overarching excuse for it. But I don't. Mostly I've been gripped by procrastination that is overwhelming even for me, and I define myself by how much stuff I can put off. Work on the reno has slowed, I'm…
