Here comes some frieght

Just a couple of shots. One is of a freind and associate and her son, the other is our stock for the week being unloaded.

for grandmother

hello,
for the grandparents. Apparently I need to write more as the Blog is hiding on of the photo's behin the last post. Ok, These are from this wek of Christopher. I tried to take some today, however Christopher failded to co-operate with the photo shoot. I wonder if thats enough.

Continued

Hello again,
3. Cold is cold. This may seem stupid, but its true. Melissa may disagree with me but -50 is no different than -10, You dress different but if you dress properly it doesn't make a difference. If your dressed improperly it just affects how long you'll survive. AND +15 can feel hot, you can go outside in +15 without a shirt and wearing shorts have a BBQ and a cold drink and it feels hot.

4. Guns don't kill people, people kill people. This little NRA slogan seems to ring true. There are probably more guns in town than people. However no one has been shot with accidentally, or with intent in town for many years. The children understand the danger as they are raised with guns, but guns are tools of protection and substance not weapons. In a enviroment of high domestic violence one would assume that guns would add to this danger, but it is not what I have witnessed. The only gun related deaths I have heard of are suicides. I'm sure the local RCMP have a greater concern of these weapons than I do, however I am simply relating my observations. And yes, regardless of the flak I've taken from my friends to the south, I now own a gun and I and my wife do not feel threatened by its presence in the house, but it will allow us to raom the land more freely and with less concern. In town there is no fear of stranger killing or random violence that prevails southern existance.

5. Judgement is best left to those living these lives. When I first came up here I tried very hard to avoid judging others I didn't understand. It was a impossible challenge, judgements were made changed and revised through the past year. Now all I'm assured of is that judging others you don't understand does not lead positive results. Its strange, my judgement regarding my position is still strong, I know what the market will buy, I know whose going to steal, I know when someone is lieing, etc. However once I leave the confines of the store I understand and speculate on nothing regarding these people's behaviour. Strangers come to my door for a glass of water, people I don't know offer me "important" information of the land they have learned from thier elders. There's one elder in town whom I think is desparately triing to tell me something. He only speaks Inuktituk, however he freqently stops me and talks to me for 5 or 10 minutes telling me stories of what I do not know, but his sincerity is strong.

Take Care, and don't judge:)
CG

One Month North of the Circle

Hello Everyone,
Well, we're approaching a year in the North and1 month north of the circle. I knew some mentally challenged government employee who asked herself and then speculated on how much she had grown during her time in the north, So let me indulge in the same "dae nu mont". I haven't, I'm still the same jerk I was in the south. However, I've learned a few things.
It apprears all the luxuries of restaurants, theaters, culture, sporting events, etc are luxuries. It doesn't change your life much to move on without them. That being said, I can't comprehend winter in the north without TV and internet, however now I'm not as convinced it would be the end of the world. These things are comforts and reassuring, but their absence is no great loss. In fact I think people raised without them seem more straighforward and outgoing as a community. They also act as more of a community.
2. There are "Bad" people everywhere you go, enviroment doesn't make them, they come with any group. In smaller communities its easier to identify and react to thier presence, where down south the anontimity of the community hides them. In some of the pictures of Repulse you can see a shack across the bay. The person who lives there is considered a bad person by some in the town. Rather than face the comminity he lives on his own across the bay without electricity, water etc. rather than face the town.