January 23, 2013
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Blog Update....mysteries of the web!
Discovered that most of my readers are being referred by an entry in November 2006...so I have posted the following welcome on that date and thought would re-post here...mysteries of the web!...I don't understand it all, nor do I tweet or text but still enjoy blogging!
January 2013
With blogging, social media, ipads, virtual business websites, smart phones, tablets and other technological advances, the world of in communication on the internet has certainly changed in the last 10 years since I started blogging in about 2003. Yet for some unknown reason this post in November 2006 seems to be the most common point of referrals and visitors to my blog....so if this is your first time here WELCOME and stay awhile to explore, and do leave comments!
Blogging since 2003, this site is primarily a personal photo blog of my " Northern Meanderings", much of which has been my work experiences doing summer and winter contracts as a social worker
in the Canadian Arctic in Nunavut,
2002-2011. 
There are links to other sites on the main page under Northern Bloggers. 
I continue to try and post relevant articles that may pertain to life in the Arctic.Otherwise, my readers will find entries, such as the one below, about life in my home city of Edmonton, Alberta Canada, where i currently reside with my two huskies, Dysis, a 11- year old Siberian, and
Nanuq, a 5 year old husky lab, whose original home was Arviat Nunavut. She as the Inuktitut name states is indeed my "baby polar bear".
Edmonton in the summer, is a zone 3A gardening zone, from the May long weekend until September Labour Day,
averages 140 frost free days a year. thus when here I love to garden and my yard flowers which have to share patches with digging dogs. Even joined a local fruit rescue group ( OFRE: Operation Fruit Rescue Edmonton )...yes apples, pears, cherries,
rhubarb, plums and the occasional apricot trees grow here!
I enjoy cooking and will often use this ULU to do my cutting up of fruit.Edmonton is a vibrant city of the arts and hosts many summer festivals from Fringe, Folk Fest, Blues, Shakespeare in the Park to name a few and in our past had a waterfall off the High Level Bridge into the North Saskatchewan River.
Warmer climates occasionally beckon such as Vancouver Island,
California or the Caribbean, so... spots of mountains, ocean and family visits
may also be included here.
Comments (9)
How interesting that visits are being referred from so far back! I haven't seen that yet on my blog. I am intrigued by the phenomena, physical and sociological, of Arctic Alaska, and am now considering travel to Iceland, Greenland, and even possibly Svaalbard (Spitsbergen) to explore more. I've been interested in your posts since I discovered them several years ago. Thanks for sharing your experiences!
@slmret - Thanks...it is really hard to believe have been blogging for 10 years and the changes that have occurred since. The unusual entry point I think came from one of my northern bloggers who probably inserted it in a referral in their own blog....just weird when i looked at the referral footprints. travelling north as a tourist can be expensive..flights are prohibitive and so glad my work covered them but looking int cruises or summer tour companies or fishing lodges i imagine would be a good option. In Pond Inlet at top of Baffin Island there would often be cruise ships many of whom started out in Europe....With global warming the passageways are open longer...now that is a whole other discussion!
Am looking at a few options for this summer. It doesn't help the cost that I travel alone and that I begin in Southern California and have to add the fare from LA to the east before I even begin! I've been to Barrow, Fairbanks, Anchorage, etc, and to the Antarctic -- would love to see the others as contrast points, and after 5 more years of climate change -- yes, another discussion (there was even evidence of change in the Antarctic 5 years ago)!
@slmret - what line did you use for antarctica?
@bonnieupnorth - Abercrombie & Kent -- a wonderful trip down the peninsula, with 2 landings and/or zodiac tours each day.
@slmret - I have never had the opportunity but at one point Quark had a contest, so get their emails...can only imagine a once in a life time experience.
Ooh -- thank you! That looks like another good opportunity!
you're a social worker? that's pretty cool. I'm in school right now for the same. what are you doing with your career?
@Love_in_102 - It is a good choice...are in undergrad or MSW? Getting while you are young MSW or in US LSW will give you alot of options later.My profile details my northern experience and primarily child protection...contracts on a short term casual basis....currently doing casual as a hospital SW.