Tales From the Yukon

So far, since I've arrived here in the Yukon, I have seen very little wild life. Sure, I've seen the odd bear (one, who appeared to be humping a tree), a couple of porcupines, a few elk (last week), some very stupid birds (who consequently either wound up in the front grills of vehicles or smucked on the way by), squirrels (who seem to be on a suicide mission), and of course, the big gopher that has taken root in the front yard of a colleague.

This weekend, I hope to add mountain sheep and cranes to the list, as it is the Sheep and Crane or Crane and Sheep (one or the other) festival over in Faro. And since I am always welcome to the basement suite chez Kara and Matt's I figured this would be a great weekend to head out and enjoy some wilderness.

Now, I know this might seem crazy to some - sheep and cranes, big whoop. Well it is a big whoop when you live out in the middle of nowhere and you never see any wildlife! Mind you, I don't want a bear on my front steps or anything, but, still, a little bit of the great wild nature is a good thing.

So, with any luck, I will have some good pictures to post here after the weekend ... weather permitting.

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of my blogging death have been greatly over exaggerated. Yes, I will admit I have been absent from the blogging world since .. oh... what was it? October? Yes, it technically was my fault, however, I still hold time (and the Time Lords) more responsible for my lack of blogging, as I really could use a couple more hours - like 5 - per day.


So, what has Kennie been up to? Well ... here we go:
1. Courses ... oh school how I love and hate thee ... took four courses this year, two per term, rocked all four ... and these courses took up much of my free time
2. Teaching ... yes, I actually do teach, or attempt to. Somedays it is quite successful ... others... not so
3. Traveling... although only between RR and WH and RR and Faro ... but still, I try to get out every now and then
4. Being sick as a dog for months .. although now on the mend as we have finally discovered that it is allergies (to what we are still unsure), but I am feeling much better
5. Sleeping ... what ever free time I get, it's allocated to sleep. Teaching 12 grade 5/6 kids all day is exhausting. I"m lucky if I am able to finish my morning coffee half of the time.
6. Looking for a Grad School ... you would think that this would be easy ... it is... however, I need to locate a distance education program in Math / Sci education, IT education or Administration ... this isn't so easy.

So.. between having a job, and going to school and trying to sleep ... something had to be cut out from my day (and considering that Blogger is blocked by the school server, can't type and post my ramblings while at work). But, now that I am done courses, and that the year is finally winding down, I'm hoping to get back onto the blogging band-wagon and return to the bloggosphere .. in both publishing and reading (I have a lot of blogs to get caught up on too ... sigh ... but makes for good reading in the evening! Some of you have had much fun over the past several months! )

So.... yeah, don't have much for pictures, as I never have my camera with me ... but I will get better at this (the camera thing)... and will totally try to at least do one post a week from here on in ....

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... we start making snowmen chasing each other in my front yard ....








... followed by a nice snowball fight.

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