And then he turned to me and whispered, “Dave, I’ve stopped using soap.”
I was dating a woman with Dutch parents for a short while in the late '90s. Her father had served in the Dutch military and had been shipped to one of the fo...
Like nearby tree block, like fallen apple chip.
My family has long told the following story about my father, and at his recent funeral, I included it in my eulogy. It seems that my dad was visiting his par...
The 2010 Dawson City Music Festival in just a few seconds.
Carole and I are excited to be attending our my first Dawson City Music Festival this July: the tickets and room are bought and booked. We then checked out t...
“Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.”
"If spring came but once a century instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and not in silence, what wonder and expectatio...
Hastily preparing for the arrival of « la belle-mère. »
Carole's mother catches her flight from Timmins to Whitehorse today. Unfortunately, she'll have to wait in the Vancouver airport overnight before boarding th...
Home again after six weeks Outside.
Home at last. Who decided on that French translation? What a lovely day to return to the Territory. I should've been back late last night, but a sudden soggy...
Whitehorse Google Street View may still need a little work.
I guess I'm homesick, as I've been virtually wandering through Google's Street View map of Whitehorse since discovering it yesterday. But it does have its ec...
Whitehorse Google Street View now available.
I've been Outside for the past six weeks (still in lovely, yet soggy, Ottawa), but just noticed that Google's Street View for Whitehorse has been enabled: Vi...
And now, a personal note from Toronto.
Unlike many, I'm averse to writing about personal matters on my blog. For the most part, I stick to jargoned wisecrackery. I've been in Toronto for the past ...
Salmon Fettuccini à la Yukon Dude
While my cooking style tends toward the lowest end of the cuisine spectrum, I recently pulled off quite a dish in an effort to use up all of the fresh smoked...
Forget the iWhatever, what I really need is a device that I’ll use less.
iPosture Whatever device Apple is secretly rushing to market next year -- the iSlate, iTablet, iPlank, or my preference, the iJayKay -- it won't be anything ...
Globe’s Boxing Day Crossword is Fifi-i-nini
You won't find "fifi-i-nini" in any dictionary, not even one for crossword puzzle aficionados. Suffice to say, it means "finished" in some French Canadian ve...