Northern Life
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New Service
When I went out to start the truck this morning to take Travis to school I discovered that the Hamlet is offering an new service to go with their water delivery, free truck washes. It would appear that somehow when our water was delivered last night the hose must have got away from the operator.
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Some new family pictures.
I thought I’d share with you some photos of us that I received by email today. I really need to credit the photographer but (I hate to say it) I only remember his first name, Alex… They are pictures from our visit to the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent. The first is my new favourite
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Full moon
I’ve had surprisingly little to say of late. I guess I’ve been putting my writing energy elsewhere the past little while. But the full moon over Arctic Bay is just a little too beautiful to pass up. I took this picture a few minutes ago, and it reinforces the limitations of my point and shoot
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There goes the sun
It almost escaped my notice this year, but today is the day the sun sets, not to return for the next 3 months. In actual terms the sun will continue to rise at this latitude for another week or so, but because Arctic Bay is surrounded by mountains and hills we’ll not see it here
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Halloween
I’m struggling trying to write about Halloween this year. Mostly because it would be my third Halloween that I’ve written about, so how do you find something fresh to say? One of the things that is great about Halloween up here (and at times infuriating) is that it is scheduled. Trick or treating was between
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A very pleasant lunch
One of the nice things about the summer/fall/early winter season here is that it (eventually) brings the return of a friend of mine to Arctic Bay. Stewart Klebert is a Captain with the Canadian Coast Guard, whom I first met my first summer here, 1999. We share an interest in Arctic History, and Arctic issues
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Another reason I should have built that helipad
For when friends drop in for coffee…
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Yet again.
The scourge of suicide struck Arctic Bay again last night. A young man chose to end his life, leaving behind a (very) young pregnant wife and three small children, and grieving family and friends. I wish I knew what the answer was to this seeming never ending string of suicides plaguing the north. I realize
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Giving thanks
I’m a lucky man. I’ve known it for some time. I’m blessed with so many things in my life, that it is hard to enumerate them all. Some are easy to speak of. In a world where many people never find great love, I’ve found it twice. I have two amazing children (and I know