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For the grieving
I just heard the news of the passing of someone who has been a part of my life, well, for all of it. Garry was the fast friend of my family, he and his family were pretty much always there. He lived life large, and always always was looking to take another back road to…
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Grey
There is a skiff of grey ice on the bay this morning, and the most beautifully subtle light, accompanied by a light snow fall. It is unlikely that the ice will stay, unless we get a string of windless days, despite it being past normal freeze up time. Narwhal were there somewhere. A small pod…
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Welcome
It always surprises me that I have anyone apart from family and friends who read this blog. It makes me happy, but it still surprises me. It is especially surprising when it attracts the attention of mainstream media and the wider audiance that they have, but that is just what happened recently. My little (somewhat…
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Pause
Our internet, which was down the entire Thanksgiving weekend is back. The other things that are pulling me in other directions never left. While hopefully I'll finish working on a more substantial post I thought you might enjoy the views I had the other day. I'm not kidding when I say that the new sewage…
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Winter of our discontent.
Winter descended on us this past week, not on cat's feet like Carl Sandberg's fog, but on grey skies and a cold southeast wind. I am so not ready for winter this year. It's not that it is unexpected. This is the beginning of October, and winter could have arrived anytime from the end of…
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How to tell you’re a bird photographer in the Arctic
When you can snap a photo of a flock of about one hundred King Eider, while sitting in your truck waiting at the store for your family, and you can catch your house in the background.
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Acronymophobia
I'm back from spending the last week down at the Nunavut Trade Show, put on by the Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce. I had a wonderful and profitable time down there. Profitable in terms of a nice sale of carvings and other art/craft from Arctic Bay's Heritage Centre, but more so from making great contacts…
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Loony tunes
There are five species of Loon in the world, all of which nest in North America (not exclusively). One of them, the Arctic Loon, has a fairly restricted range here, pretty much restricted to a small part of Alaska. As for the others, Common Loon, Red-throated Loon, Pacific Loon, and Yellow-billed Loon, only one would…
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Slipping into night
I missed an important day the other day, caught up the whirlwind that was my first tradeshow. A place where I learned, by the way, that everyone in the business speaks some strange language dominated by acronyms. The Autumnal Equinox was this past week, and that means that I'll now have less sunlight than, well…
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Igor
I've become an inveterate Hurricane follower. I'm not quite sure why, but about three or four years ago I began keeping tabs on the Atlantic hurricane season through the NOAA National Hurricane Centre's site. I find reading the forecast discussions the best way to learn why hurricanes do what they do, why some fizzle and…
