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Blogging Nunavut
Blogging in Nunavut used to be such a lonely game. Not so much anymore. Check out the northern links on my sidebar, or the Nunavut blogs at, well, Nunavut Blogs!. There are over thirty blogs on there now. There goes the neighbourhood.
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Hmmm.
One thing I’ve noticed when ever I’ve read biographies about writers, is that it never says "Having two small children at home to look after (s)he decided to become a writer."
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Ahh, it’s here!
Well the sun is back shining on Arctic Bay today. No need to drive up to the airport or climb the hills, you can see it from town. Granted I had to drive to the other side of town but tomorrow I should even see it from the House. Now our cold weather hits, but…
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A year old.
One of the events that happened during our eleven or so days with out internet service was that my beautiful strong daughter turned one. Although she turned one on the 21st of January, we actually had her birthday party on the 20th because the 21st was a Sunday, and you can’t be playing games on…
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Southern Surprises
It is a bit of curiosity this world wide web thing. Every once in awhile something surprises you and another blog gets added to the side bar. After feeling guilty about blogs that link to mine that I haven’t reciprocated I added a new blogroll of blogs that link to mine, and consequently I’ve been…
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Subtleties of Light
We are now only about four days away from seeing the sun, and it is a joy to watch the light creep ever farther down King George Mountain everyday. As is the case with the days in between 24 hour light and 24 hours without sun, the sky is an ever changing tapestry of colours…
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Ah, the sweet smell of a frozen vent
Those of you who live where the mercury doesn’t regularily hang out in the minus 20’s and below, probably never get to experience the joy of a frozen sewer vent, something that happens up here several times over the course of the winter. Sewer systems usually have a vent up on the roof, letting all…
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The Great Backyard Bird Count
The Great Backyard Bird Count is coming up on February 16th to the 19th, 2007. Sponsored by Audubon this is an opportunity to participate in some Citizen Science, and get out doors to enjoy some birds. Check out the above link for details on how to participate. And I’d like to challenge my readers from…
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Arctic Bay’s First Christmas Bird Count
This is the first year that Arctic Bay had a Christmas Bird Count, and I feel pretty safe in stating that we are the most northernly CBC in North America. I know from my initial enquiries for setting up a circle here that there were counts in Pond Inlet and in Nanisivik in 1978 but…
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Coffee break’s over. Everyone back on their head
I’m pretty sure I’ve managed to live without the internet before. And I’m fairly certain that people survived quite nicely without it for thousands of years up here. But having it down up here for almost two weeks has been a major pain in the er, neck. This has really sucked. Not only did we…
