Yukon, On the Marge

In some groups, the ability to laugh at oneself is the mark of an evolved sense of humour. Not all groups, clearly.

Alex thought that Thomas had a job in a church, maybe as a working saint performing miracles or standing in an alcove with candles all around. He was actually a chartered accountant.

What is the appropriate social protocol when facing a neighbour doing strange things? Should you ask about the eccentricity? Or should you pretend that everything is quite normal?

What's a garbage audit? Is that even a thing?

It was late so Mara didn't try to explain that Air North treated just about everyone like royalty.

What is it about Yukon? People from Outside don't understand. Yukoners understand very well but they have a hard time explaining it.

Brisbane Bryan built a blog. He made enough money off the online advertising to pay for his travels. But we didn't know any of this until after he so mysteriously disappeared.

The forgotten flashlight should not really have been a problem. Except for maybe this particular night.

Actually, they HAD thought of the idea. But nobody had said it out loud. Why should kids have all the fun?

Nobody else had ever thought about tapping into the combination wildlife/history/garbage tourism market before.

Am I hallucinating? Or is that a fox sleeping on a car?

Chuck didn't have to rely on social media to study lack of self-awareness. He had Pamela MacPherson right there on Walnut Crescent.

Pamela knew something about everything and knew it better than everyone else. That's how they found out about the firesmarting.

Was the flashing Rebel Alliance Death Star hanging over the manger scene a bit too much? Someone obviously thought so.

Alex wasn't allowed to swear. But she knew all the words.

While big mammoths move slowly in herds like elephants, miniature mammoths rush around in packs like badly behaved dogs.

It all started one day when they were standing on the dinosaur's back.

Chuck didn't know for sure that everyone on Walnut Crescent was cultured and literate. But he had his suspicions.

Was George Orwell thinking of Whitehorse when he wrote "1984?"

Follow your dreams! Well, OK. But everyone's dream is different and it's often hard to understand someone else's. Especially in Yukon.

Everyone looked for an escape route. But they were all trapped!

Bowing is a very unYukon-like activity. That's how I knew he was from Outside.

Hosting a pair of unaccompanied visitors whose average age was 11 was a significant departure from the norm at the Walnut Crescent Bed and Breakfast... especially after rescuing them from the prime minister.

A drug bust is just not a thing on Walnut Crescent. Or at least, it's not a usual thing on Walnut Crescent.

Their operational security was usually much better. A spy must have infiltrated their Facebook page.

We have come to Canada to live the wild life. But we must be careful about bears.

Franz knew that others would go for this sort of thing. And they'd each get a free licence plate!

Everyone has a different tolerance for disorder. But why he doesn't maintain his house is the subject of some discussion on Walnut Crescent.

Chuck walks. He reads the paper. He has a woodstove. It all fits together nicely.

The thin line between genius and insanity... How do you tell who is on which side of the line, especially in Yukon?

The music was smooth and flowing. Sometimes things just happen and we don't understand why.

How could this happen to us? Why can't my daughter be normal?

But what do People want? Dogs have been puzzling over this for centuries.

Walnut Crescent will look after them. Like, as if a street could look after people!

And how did you end up in Yukon? Everyone always wants to know.

The odds are good but the goods are odd... an old Yukon joke, but it's true.

Some people say that both God and Santa Claus are just made up, that they’re not real. Alex wasn't sure about Santa Claus, but she knew all about God.

Chuck never really planned to be in the bed and breakfast business. He just sort of walked into it.

Franz wasn't one of the crazy Germans. Not at first, anyway.

The power dam keeps Schwatka Lake from flooding Whitehorse. What do you do when it cracks?

In Yukon, people come together in ways we can never predict.

We are all sad in Yukon. But sad (or SAD) means different things to different people.

All the world's a bus, and all the men and women merely passengers. But then the comfortable predictability of the bus routine changes.

Seek and you will find... sometimes more than what you were looking for.

Whitehorse does not have a fully developed beach culture. Or at least it didn't have one until climate change arrived.

One should never judge a book by its cover... because covers, by their very nature, cover things up. So what was inside Vincent's cover?

I know all about war from watching TV. But I never expected war to break out on Walnut Crescent.

Some people get their just desserts. Others just get deserted.

Whitehorse had changed a lot in 35 years. But yes, there was Golden Horn.

Chuck didn't like Marsha very much. She had strong opinions on every subject and appeared Forrest Gump-like in newspaper photographs of public events.

Chuck goes to the barber for... sure, a haircut, but also to be entertained

Visitors to the Walnut Crescent Bed and Breakfast always ask the same questions. Here is the FAQ list of things that all newcomers to Yukon should know. Part 1 of 2

Visitors to the Walnut Crescent Bed and Breakfast always ask the same questions. Here is the FAQ list of things that all newcomers to Yukon should know. Part 2 of 2

Mara said that one could not engineer a garden any more than they could plant a bridge. Chuck initially agreed but now he is not so sure.

It was in the house when they moved in. But most of the time, it remained unused. Unused, anyway until last month.

It was almost like a fairy tale. Except for the ending.