How do you write about your “faith”? How do you describe the indescribable, the ineffable, the otherworldly? the grief or joy or miracle or peace or disappointment that you have because of your faith? Everyone can argue about the value or lack of value in “religion”–and it’s an easy connect-the-dots to create your own [...]
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Writing Faith Workshop begins, Feb 10, 5-8pm, Whitehorse United Church 1 comment
The Guild’s Boston Marriage witty, fun, screamin’ good 2 comments
Last Friday night I was banned from the Guild’s front row if I wear red and come to a comedy. I couldn’t control myself. The play is way too funny for me, and so I was laughing–and I plead my case to Artsnet. Sometimes, laughing is uncontrollable. What is controllable, I’ll admit, is the color [...]
Dancing Bears on Main Street, Whitehorse: Sarah MacDougall, The Greatest Ones Alive 3 comments
So, I’ve always wanted to be a bear. Sarah MacDougall’s album, The Greatest Ones Alive, is being released at the Yukon Arts Centre on Saturday, Nov 12, and Erin and I decided to promote the album by being the dancing bears on the cover of her album. Costumes rented, we danced up and down Main [...]
Raven Ordering McDonald’s Drive-Thru: the Yukon has Smart Wildlife Leave a comment
Check out this photo taken yesterday, October 21, outside of the Whitehorse McDonald’s. Ravens are getting so smart they’re ordering through the drive-thru. The Yukon has very smart wildlife. Of course, I’m not sure what this says about McDonald’s food considering what ravens eat. Check out this guy’s expression as he realizes what the raven [...]
Gross Heart: Much to Love about Mump and Smoot Leave a comment
Canadian clowns, Mump and Smoot (with Thug), were in Whitehorse tonight in a revival of their first show together, Something. I was led to believe it was going to be scary, or disturbing–but these were not scary clowns. While there are some grotesque moments, there’s a charming show beneath the grossness. It stems from the [...]
The Other “Hijacked Airliner” Story: Whitehorse, Yukon 9/11 Leave a comment
It was the only airplane to emit a hijacked signal on 9/11/2001. It was heading to New York City, from Seoul, via Anchorage Alaska. Fighter jets were scrambled. A whole city, Whitehorse, was given 15 minutes warning that a hijacked plane was heading to their small airport, an airport just above the center of [...]
The Future of the Yukon (maybe): Radio Series “Yukon 2058″ Leave a comment
We hear a lot about the future of New York, of San Francisco, of England. Ever wondered what the NORTH would look like in 50 years? What would be happening, what kinds of trends here in the Yukon? What kinds of possibilities? Is it all going to be dark from climate change, or will we [...]
Mac’s Fireweed, Noon, Saturday, signing with me and Dave Strachan Leave a comment
Thanks everyone for coming out and being a part of our signing at Mac’s Fireweed! Two anthologies I’m a part of: Tesseracts 14 and Inhuman, and Dave Strachan, who has the lead story in Inhuman, was signing too! The Fantasy/Science Fiction community in Whitehorse is doing great! More and more of our group are stretching [...]
I Claudius, I Gertrude, I Polonius, I Hamlet: the humanity and unity of Bhaneja’s Hamlet {solo} 3 comments
I just returned from a brilliant rendition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Yukon Arts Centre. One man, Raoul Bhaneja, did the whole play–or an edited version of the whole play–but he did every part, not just Hamlet’s soliloquies. He had a box of light and an edge of darkness that he ran around making us [...]
Whitehorse, curtained in icefog and woodsmoke, revealed in shrouded segments Leave a comment
Just a reality of living in the north, these -40 nights, where the icefog and the woodsmoke turned back on the streets mingle together to hide the city. It’s mysterious and lovely. Dangerous to drive in. I couldn’t see the next segment until it was revealed. People crossed second street without tapping the crossing light [...]
