Today...I wish you a day of ordinary miracles-  A fresh pot of coffee you didn't have to make yourself. An unexpected phone call from an old friend.
Green stoplights on your way to work or shop.
I wish you a day of little things to rejoice in...  
The fastest line at the grocery store. 
A good sing along song on the radio.
Your keys right where you look.  

I wish you a day of happiness and perfection-little bite-size pieces of perfection that give you the funny feeling that the Lord is smiling on you, holding you so gently because you are someone special and rare. 

 I wish You a day of Peace, Happiness and Joy.  

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them. 
Just want you to know you are unforgetable!   If you don't send  this  to anyone, it means you're in a hurry and  we'll all understand. 

 Take the time! Wishing you the very best for 2008      

that pretty well sums up a good part of my Sunday afternoon.

A clear cold afternoon, no wind, and I was quite determined to get out on the skis. Ready to go at about 2 PM discovered that I had loaded up the van with skis and poles, only to have locked myself out and succeeded in leaving the keys inside my suite...a 45 minute wait and was off to the dock and shore front. Groups were scattered on the ice for an ice fishing derby, most had been out for about an hour but not much luck. Prizes ranged from $50 -$70  and expectations of cod or arctic char. Holes in the ice were done some by hand and others by auger with a small motor and once dug the line and lure were let down and periodically jiggled.

I headed about 2 kms across the sea ice and at 3 PM the sun was setting those wonderful arctic pinks and blues.

Had a discussion with Leo who had pitched his hole father out. Explained that one could tell if high or low tide by the height of the sea ridges. Leo, the only Inuk, on a 4 man research team last September tagging polar bears in the area, said he helped with 90 bears. Many Inuit will not eat the meat of tagged bears because of fear of tainting by the drugs used to tranquilize them, and but Leo said he learned all the drugs were gone from the bears system after about 6 months.As a hunter for about 8 years, felt he learned much more about their migration routes. Told me that the bears came through this area from mid-September tot mid-December. Currently it would be the males, as the females were in their dens until spring. There have been three males hanging around the outskirts of the town and one seen last night about 8 pm, so I guess I wont be too adventurous going off on my own.