Family
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Fifteen years
Yesterday was a rough day in many ways. There was a tragic boating accident that unfolded here and we lost two members of our small community. Every death hits us hard, and this doubly so. But July 30th is always a day I rue, for personal reasons. For it is the anniversary of another death,
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Family outing
Our weekend family outings are a little different than most. Certainly not everyone, but this time of year its rare that you'd find families outside of the Arctic that have an outing built around dog sledding. We took a short jaunt out to Uluksa for coffee and tea, but mostly to get a dog sled
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A darker blue
My friend, Indigo, passed away yesterday afternoon in Kamloops. The world seems a lesser place today, bereft of an generous, inspiring, vivacious soul. The suddenness of it all seems to make it harder. Cancer is the disease that takes people slowly, creeps and withers them, not plucks them away in a week. Photos of her
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A deeper blue.
Some people seem so very full of life, that it is difficult to imagine them sick. Impossible to really. So the news of a friend's illness has hit me like a punch to the stomach. There probably isn't a northern blogger that hasn't been touched by Indigo. She's had a long friendship with most of
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More than a pittance
This is an expansion of the thoughts I was trying to express in my Remembrance Day address this morning, through my tears. Remembrance comes easy for me. I've had family in pretty much every major conflict from the Napoleanic Wars on through to Korea. My Great-great-Grandfather was at Waterloo, and he took a French bayonet
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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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A limit
I wonder if there is a theoretical limit to the number of photos of icebergs, fog and the St George's Society Cliffs one can post before the audience becomes over-satiated? While I was taking this photo Leah and the others were picking blueberries. When I went to get them I took the opportunity to
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Its only fair
Seeing as I posted a photo of Travis with a puppy that I post one of Hilary also