Thank you so much!

Excellent!

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Thanks so much, Deb. I hope we can give him a few more good months (we would like him to have a summer) but we'll see.

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Thank you so much! And I will do!

Thank you! I'm excited.

Thank you!

Thank you! I thought so too! :D

Thank you!!

(*I will still be doing some of my own freelancing too! And I probably owe you an email!)

I'm especially looking to connect with freelancers (text and visuals) in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the NWT, so please do holler if that's you, send me recs if that's your talented bud, etc.

a group of people are dancing on a stage and the words go west are on the screen Alt: A GIF of the Village People performing "Go West" on a stage.

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Bluesky friends! I’m hunting for a copy of Amtrak’s "The National" magazine (2017) featuring the Cleveland food scene.

My friend shot the cover photo and met her husband because of that issue!

I’d love to gift it to her, since they no longer publish it. Can ya’ll help me find this issue? 🙏🏽

#yukonfamous

Ah, that makes sense! I showed up right at the end of 2009.

The closest thing I have to this is that the "how to be bear safe" Tombstone video features me brushing my teeth and spitting into the grey water barrel lol.

Why don't I remember this one?! I have friends who moved away literally a decade+ ago who are still the models in the "ride the bus" ads.

Probably some nice hikes/walks on some of the state and federal lands just east of the city! You could go across to Whidbey Island, too, maybe? Depends on the time gaps I guess.

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Thank you! He's really extraordinarily good.

Feels maybe a bit glib to say "fuck cancer" about my dog, but hey, he's my family. Fuck cancer.

A brown-and-beige husky smiles with his tongue out, sitting on snow in bright sunlight. His shadow stretches tall behind him, and so does a human shadow (mine, while I took the photo).

It's Tacoma's gotcha day! Six years since I brought him home from the racing kennel where he was born and trained to pull and run. A bittersweet anniversary this year, as we adjust to the news from last week that he won't be with us much longer.

Painting of spruce and pine trees silhouetted by the northern lights.

Northern nights.
#Watercolour on paper, 11x14 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt
Painting of the day 2247.

Saaaame, ha. The branding/platform stuff definitely feels like a trap, but at the same time, the community-seeking aspect is real.

Hoo boy, does this ever hit me where I live (she posts, postily).

How I learned to stop worrying and love flies - High Country News The unexpected beauty of flies has much to teach us about them and also ourselves.

I can't say I practice what it preaches, but I loved this Kate Siber essay on flies.