Every journey, no matter how brief, carries with it an element of stress. From planning to execution, there is an underlying stress of the possibility of something which could go wrong. In some ways this is true of everything new to us. As humans we think into the “what ifs” and worst case scenarios. It’s […]

It’s been almost 3 weeks of stress about the truck. From discovering that it needed far more work than originally thought, and failing safeties, to being left with complete strangers for body work. I won’t bore you with all the details, but I’ll skip to the end. Perhaps when I expand this story into book

Sometimes you get tired of lemonade. Look, I’ll be the first to admit that life isn’t fair. And sometimes you win, and sometimes you end up making lemonade from scraps you find lying around, and it tastes ok. Sometimes it just doesn’t taste good no matter what you throw at it. So we’ve been radio

At the beginning of a new year where things are already tumultuous and overwhelming, and many folks are feeling the economic burdens of our current situation, this story seems more than relevant. Stone SoupOnce, a hungry traveler arrived in a small village where everyone was struggling. Each household had only a little food, and fearing

Leaving our property is never easy. Especially when we have now twice had to leave via snowmobile with only essentials and the kindness of others. It’s traumatic for anyone to have to be rescued, and certainly we have a unique perspective for those who have to evacuate for natural disasters or other calamities. It’s gut

We have decided to evacuate again, but this time under somewhat less stress and urgency. Last year, we struggled and fought to not have to evacuate, frankly, endangering ourselves. We waited until temperatures were dangerously low, and we couldn’t get heat above 0c before we called for help. We cannot and will not go through

Winter has certainly come in like a lion this year. The snow started on the evening of November 6, and as I write this, we have literally had two days where it hasn’t snowed or rained since. That’s 20 days. In those 20 days, we have had 40cm of snow, some of which has melted

If there is anything I miss from my time living in Calgary, it is simply that, even in winter, the sun is frequently visible in the sky. That’s not to say there aren’t gloomy, grey days, but they are usually broken up by days of sun every few days. It’s rare for the grey to

It’s hard to believe it’s already mid November. We just blinked and the summer was gone and now we’re decidedly in the middle of winter.  While last week’s snowfall was relatively big (15cm or so), we have had about 1-2 cm every few days this week. And while we were fortunate to have been able

Today was a day we both had considerable dread over. With the heavier snow last week, we were deeply concerned that we could already be cut off from access to town and supplies, and most importantly, our final winter food supplies, which, in typical fashion arrived the day of the heaviest snow so far. Waking