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First Friday – November’s Entry
Well, for what it is worth, here is my First Friday entry for this month. I struggled with it this time as I had wanted to write something less dark than the other two entries. I also wrote way more than 500 words and had a heck of a time paring it down. So…. Damn…
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Finally? – Not!
Yesterday I fully intended to write a post I was going to entitle Finally, as when I looked out in the morning ice was finally starting to form in Arctic Bay. So far Arctic Bay is at least two weeks late for freezeup. Normally by now, hunters would be venturing further afield by snowmobile, now…
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Happy New Years to all you Pagans out there
November 1st used to be New Years Day for the Celts of old, and October 31st (before it was usurped by the Church) was thought to be the day when spirits and other goblins freely roamed the world. It was the underpinning of Halloween. A pope in the eighth century made October 31st into a…
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My gawd that was funny
Okay, at risk of demonstrating just how low-brow I am, I just saw the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. A guy, on America’s Funniest Home Videos, with an electric dog collar on. The type that is supposed to stop dogs from barking. It has six levels and he barked his way through…
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Dylan Thomas
It is Dylan Thomas’ birthday today. So I offer you these… Arguably his most famous poem DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end…
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More Google Earth
Seeing as I have been playing with Google Earth so much lately, I thought that I would share a little more of my world with you. These are a few tents that are over at Victor Bay, this is the area where my in-laws always have their tent, but I’m not sure if it is…
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Sgian Dubh
I’ve mentioned before that I hope to go to France in April with my father for the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. I’ve long wanted to go to France and Flanders with my dad, and visit the places where my grandfather fought during the Great War. The 90th anniversary presents a good…
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Arctic Bay from Space
Darcy from Way Way Up, the other Arctic Bay blogger, posted a satellite photo of the north Baffin the other day on his blog. And proving once again that I don’t have an original thought in my head I thought that I’d carry on with the theme. We’re surprisingly well served by satellite imaging up…
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Leah Levi
Arctic Bay lost another elder on Saturday morning. Leah Levi was in her early seventies and a sweety, with a beautiful smile. She lived for awhile in one of my favourite places in the Arctic, Dundas Harbour, and once when I had gotten some photos from a member who used to work there I took…
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Torture
While reading the BBC online news this morning I was stunned to learn that, in a world-wide survey, some 29% of those surveyed support torture in some circumstances. That more than a quarter of those surveyed felt that way is incredible! While there is still almost 2/3rds who oppose it in any circumstances, it makes…
