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as one chapter ends ... another begins 3 Aug 2009 | 09:14 am
Hello readers! Well, it is time. I have officially moved on over to my new blog Tales from the Yukon, which is coming to you in two forms: a low-bandwidth version hosted by blogger (for all of my ban...
"Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere" 25 Jul 2009 | 02:09 am
My parents arrived back in NB after a 8-week long trek across Canada. They traveled over 22,000 km and drove through 7 provinces and two territories. And of course, they took pictures. And just to gi...
This is why I love Summer 9 Jul 2009 | 08:25 am
Nothing is better than waking up in the morning and hiking on down to the local strawberry u-pick. Yummy yummy strawberries in my tummy! And raspberries are starting to come into swing too .. although...
Hmm... edumacational choices 7 Jul 2009 | 01:24 pm
Sigh, I love staring at curriculum documents! HA! Yeah right ... well not that my curriculum documents have been to much of a help either! So I am enlisting the help of my readers. I have to do a nov...
Summer Va-cay-cay 7 Jul 2009 | 12:58 pm
Ahh summer vacation .. the time of relaxation and baking under the sun .. if we had any sun, and if I had any time to relax. So far my summer vacation has been full of getting ready to move to the Yuk...
One week out 17 Jun 2009 | 07:11 am
Well, I've been out of the North for one week now ... and boy does it feel strange. The temperatures down here in the south have either been nice and chilly (the way I like it) or disgustingly hot and...
Travel Update 10 Jun 2009 | 09:42 am
Well, it has been a long day s far. I've been up for over 13 hours now (yeah, I know ... got to love it when you only get four hours of sleep the night before 12 hours of flying / airport jockying). A...
On the Road Again .... er .. In the Air Again .. 10 Jun 2009 | 03:00 am
Well, if everything went according to plan this morning, I should be in the air by the time this post publishes itself. Today, I am heading back to the homeland. Back to the land of maple syrup, lobst...
And the year draws to a close 6 Jun 2009 | 07:02 am
Wow. End of the school year. It's hard to believe that the school year is done today ... in 35 minutes to be exact. At 3:35 pm, students will say their final farewells to the teachers for the summer (...
Summer: By Grade 1 2 Jun 2009 | 07:00 am
Got to love the end of the school year. Kids are crazy .. but they still enjoy drawing and coloring (phew!). So today in grade 1 we made three large wall murals about summer and what they are planning...