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Passion
Its Valentine's Day, so there should be talk of love bandied about here. In conjunction with the day I was reading a bit about F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre. Now the story is about their love, but it also included descriptions of them as drinking heavily or alcoholics, insanely jealous and given to do…
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It just keeps getting better
The sky this morning keeps growing in intensity. There are pinks and mauves over the 360 degrees of sky right now. And this is how I know that a similar picture will soon appear on Way Way Up.
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Its a new day
The day is dawning, and its the first day of the Great Backyard Bird Count. Just a reminder that those who submit checklists for Nunavut are eligible to win a book. Just drop me an email with your name and for what community the list is for.
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The bicentennial of the birth of a Great Man.
It is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin today. I wanted to write a post honouring him and his accomplishments, which are unequaled in the Natural Sciences. But I'm feeling a little like a dullard today and don't think I could do a better job than the homage I wrote three years…
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Video feed
The other day Michael, of Michael's Meanderings – media star, and I were chatting about an upcoming visit of a video crew to his place. There had been talk of some of his friends dropping by in bathing suits and snorkeling gear. Being on the far side of the Arctic from Whitehorse I joked about…
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Sweetening the pot.
I got to thinking this morning (yeah, I know… rare event) that as incredibly generous of my offering a pound of great coffee for a bit of Grail quest (wintering Gyrfalcon) was, it doesn't really accomplish the loftier goal of increasing Nunavut participation in the Great Backyard Bird Count. I mean, I hope that someone…
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A drive into twilight.
Yesterday was an incredibly beautiful day, even though it was punctuated with a cold, cold wind (that seemed to be confined to Arctic Bay). We decided to take advantage of the growing light and go for a drive, although by the time we got our act together the sun had already set. It mattered little…
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The Great Backyard Bird Count
Once again it is time for the Great Backyard Bird Count, which goes ahead this year this coming weekend, running from February 13th to the 16th. This citizen science project runs across North America and is another tool in gauging bird populations in winter. In general the North, and Nunavut in particular, is under represented…
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My Return of the Sun
The Sun returned two days ago, but not for me. For some reason I missed a day, and thus the return of the Sun to Arctic Bay. Yesterday, the sky was completely overcast, and again I didn't see it. So today marks the official return of the Sun to Clare. It goes by quickly, the…
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Committees, coffee and clouds
Okay, I've been a bad blogger. And I can't help it. Well I can, but I've been occupied of late and tired, and so when I sit in front of a blank composing screen my mind matches it, blank. I actually almost fell off the office chair a couple of days ago when I fell…
