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Lost things
Back, over 40 years ago, my grandfather brought me a souvenir from Rome. It was simple, non-descript, and how I wish I still had it. Its funny what we take as touchstones in our lives. My grandfather brought me a stone. I didn't appreciate then, it was cool, very cool, but I was nine or…
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This is a photoblog right?
So, a while back, Teepe's Weblog and Way Way Up tagged me with a meme. I don't know why but memes have lost their lustre to me. Way back, I was frustrated at not being tagged and practically begged someone to tag me. In fact I may have just tagged myself, this is so sad.…
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Missing the dark
Our light grows daily. In a weeks time, if I took the trouble to drive to the airport at noon I'd see the sun. I'll see it in a couple of weeks here in Arctic Bay regardless. The last couple of days most of the automatic street lights went out, there is that much light…
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Envelope please
And the Best Blog in Nunavut goes to… Port Town Ghosts. Kate Nova writes a delightful blog, sprinkled with delightful photos. In fact a photo of hers, of a dog team moving through some ice, from last year ranks amongst the best dog team photos I've ever seen. After the hard fought battle, that saw…
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A glimpse of the canopy
Part of the appeal of living in the Arctic is the experience of being somewhere out of the ordinary, extraordinary. I have to admit that this desire to at least visit extraordinary spots has permeated much of my life. A desire that is mostly left unfilled, but however brief these temporal experiences were, they are…
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Perhaps a larger box next time.
I got Leah a new camera for Christmas, a Sony, and after it arrived I ordered an extra battery for it from Sony Style. It arrived today. I don't know, I'm thinking padded envelope would have worked.
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The effects of hosting Awards (now with visual aids)
The Nunies are quickly winding down (not as quickly as expected) and I for one am happy about it. Don't get me wrong, I do love them, they just take up a lot of my attention. There's been any number of things that I want to blog about, but don't in part because I don't…
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The Runoff
Here, below, is the poll for the runoff for Best Blog. Your two contenders are: Port Town GhostsTownie Bastard Please visit them and decide which you feel most deserving of Best Blog, then vote. The poll closes Friday the 23rd of January 2009 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time. I suggest you vote early though just…
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Best Blog
The Best Blog polling ended in a tie, incredibly enough. So I flipped a coin and the winner is…
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And the winners are…
to be announced. Well, that's not entirely true. But it is true in the Best Blog category. Most of you, I imagine, have been following the polling, so you are already aware of the results. So leaving the Best Blog for a moment lets move on to the others. In Best New Blog the winner…
