For the past few days, I've been working in Inuvik, NWT, which is at 68° N latitude. It's very much the home of the all-night sun. I found these pretty cotton plants. And purple fire flowers. And the Mackenzie River, which is so wide that it looks like a lake. Greetings from the summery far…
Tag: reflection
Where’s Home?
When you think of home, what do you think about? Is it a town? A city? A building? Is it being in the same place with your significant other? Or is it a state of mind? The melting ice of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. Do you have to leave it…
Meet the Bruin Triplets
We recently encountered the Bruin triplets. As a precaution, we photographed them through our windshield - the photo quality suffered because the window was dirty and there's also a lot of visible glare. The bears are coming into a lot of contact with humans however, and we think it's best not to open windows or…
Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park is one of the largest preserves in the world. M and I recently drove through a small part of it. We saw bison (buffalo) of course but also bears. And a sink hole. It was the middle of May but there was still a little ice and snow at the bottom…
Mother’s Day Bears
On the weekend, M and I drove through Wood Buffalo National Park on our way to Fort Smith. We saw quite a few bison (frequently mislabelled as buffalo; the park has also retained the old inaccurate name) but lots of bears as well. They have been out and around for about two to three weeks…
The Narcissist Who Chased Me
I have had a particular search term show up a lot lately: narcissists who chase women (or words to the same effect). Narcissists do chase women, but those who chase women aren't really chasing women. Sound confusing? Read on. Unlike this lake, a narcissist can be good at hiding a ruffled…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Meltdown
I first published this post in 2012, not long after I started this blog. I was particularly annoyed about how pushed I felt to participate in the buying of stuff and produced this rant. I've made a few changes to it but otherwise, here it is again, in all its grinchy glory. Ahhh ... Christmas.…
What to Say to a Narcissist to Get Him Back
When I take a look though my search terms, I am sometimes surprised at what I find there. "Narcissist piano" showed up there, three times. I did a post about it. Another time, I did a post on a very serious search term: how to get a narcissist to love you. You can read that post here.…
Great Slave Lake Yields to Spring
At 60 degrees latitude, I am very far north here, but spring has now definitely arrived. The icing is disappearing from this cake. The sky is clear and so is the lake, achingly pristine ... Like MacArthur Park, it's melting in the dark. ... very different from…
The Narcissist’s Piano, and Other Foolishness
I found this in my search terms: narcissist piano. I did the mental equivalent of shifting from one foot to the other while I mulled that over. What does it mean??? Is it a typo? Is the searcher wondering if pianists are narcissists? Is that an actual type of piano? I mean, this is the…
