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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Yukon’ Tag
Writing Faith Workshop begins, Feb 10, 5-8pm, Whitehorse United Church 1 comment
Dancing Bears on Main Street, Whitehorse: Sarah MacDougall, The Greatest Ones Alive 1 comment
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 [...]
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 [...]
Have You Met Liz? —the Importance of Meeting Your Candidates Leave a comment
I haven’t been to a political rally before. I went to the NDP rally just to see what they were like, and because I had met Liz Hanson. Meeting a candidate makes a difference. Perhaps you, candidate, wonder what all that door knocking is for—or you, a citizen, are annoyed by all the door knocking [...]
There Are Stories You’ve Never Heard, Brilliantly Told: a review of The River 1 comment
The Future of the Yukon (maybe): Radio Series “Yukon 2058″ 1 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 [...]
Moose, Cranberry, and the Everlasting Dinner Party: The Boreal Gourmet, cookbook, by Michele Genest Leave a comment
You’ve already seen the wonderful wildberry sourdough muffins recipe which I so tantalized you with (permission granted by Miche). Now experience what cooks and connoisseurs are talking about in The Boreal Gourmet: Adventures in Northern Cooking by Michele Genest. The book is more than a cookbook–it is a memoir of the cooking experience, the preparation, [...]
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 [...]
