My colleague, Leslie, and I were beginning to come down with a bit of mutual cabin fever this afternoon, so we took off to see what we could see. Fortunately, the weather was beautiful, sunny though a bit windy, which was quite effective in keeping the mosquitoes at bay. We came across a few…
Month: August 2012
Whale Cove
Whale Cove, Nunavut, is a small community situated along the western shore of Hudson Bay. It feels a bit cool here, with the temperature varying from 7 degress Celcius to the high-teens, though it has been very sunny everyday since I arrived last week.
Handmade
I’m a complete nerd when it comes to “handmade” anything, whether it’s a ceramic pomegranate made in Jerusalem, or a table cloth with lace accents made in Italy, or a cotton scarf dyed and sewn in Toronto. I am so easily charmed by anything that is not mass-produced of cheap materials and shoddy workmanship. In Nunavut,…