Blogthings
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First Friday
Amy, over at WildBird On The Fly, has revived the bird related fiction contest, First Friday. It's a contest that I've enjoyed participating in the first time it was running, even winning a couple of times. The rules are simple: Write a 500 word work of fiction It should include a setting, character(s), conflict and
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Thank you Súin
I received a wonderful card in the mail today from a reader in Queensland. Thank you for the kind kind words, and the beautiful card. *The artwork, by the way, is Leslie Van Der Sluys, a hand coloured linocut print of Red-tailed Black Cockatoos and Banksia.
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Newbie in the House
Sarah, she of Newbie in the Arctic, has been staying at the House this week, while up in Arctic Bay on business. It's always nice to meet other bloggers in person (despite her calling me a "Grandfather". Its Godfather of Nunavut Blogging. Godfather!). Nunavut is small enough that you have pretty good odds of running
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Up Here, birds, and the Hoff
A few links for you this morning. Up Here magazine is a marvelous north themed magazine featuring articles from Canada's north. They also have a blog, which has begun featuring other northern bloggers. Thanks to Kara, who's been featured, they have included a post of mine on their blog. Go check out their regular posts
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Canada Blog Friends feature
The House has been featured in Canada Blog Friends, which describes itself as an index of Canada's Best Blogs. Its a nice feather in the cap, and I'd like to welcome those of you who are visiting from CBL. Its especially nice that there are some additional people visiting right now, so I can whine
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Its your chance to send me packing
Antarctica is an incredible land. Like up here, perhaps even more so, there is a rare quality to the light. The world seems to glow, to be lit from within. I still remember waking early that first morning and walking out on the deck into this incredible, still, magical place. I was still swaying from
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Babes in the Woods (Tundra?)
Reflections in the Snow-Covered Hills is pretty much a daily read for me. But I have to say that I found this post on totally hot male babes somewhat disconcerting. Disconcerting because I'm not on it. Now normally a list like this wouldn't bother me, I mean I could care less if I'm not on
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Still running
I was thinking about the passage of time today. Marveling at just how quickly it goes by. I was out enjoying the day, using the car as a blind trying to capture a photo of a Snow Bunting, that I thought would be special, and fighting a losing battle to stay awake in my comfortable
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Final 16
The finalists for the Best Job in The World were announced this evening. Congratulations to Erik Rolfsen from Vancouver for being the sole Canadian in the running. It now becomes a job interview. I'd like to think that it was my throwing my heavy weight endorsement his way, that swayed the judges. While I am