Yukon, On the Marge: Recent Episodes
Tim Green
Chuck, Mara, their six-year-old daughter Alex, and their golden retriever Quark run the Walnut Crescent Bed and Breakfast in Whitehorse. They take turns telling about the quirky situations and people they encounter. Is life in Yukon really that close to the frontier of eccentricity?
Mr. MacPherson took some food to the people who were locked up. But he kept the best for himself.
In some groups, the ability to laugh at oneself is the mark of an evolved sense of humour. Not all groups, clearly.
What is the appropriate social protocol when facing a neighbour doing strange things? Should you ask about the eccentricity? Or should you pretend that everything is quite normal?
Alex thought that Thomas had a job in a church, maybe as a working saint performing miracles or standing in an alcove with candles all around. He was actually a chartered accountant.
It was late so Mara didn't try to explain that Air North treated just about everyone like royalty.
What is it about Yukon? People from Outside don't understand. Yukoners understand very well but they have a hard time explaining it.
Brisbane Bryan built a blog. He made enough money off the online advertising to pay for his travels. But we didn't know any of this until after he so mysteriously disappeared.
The forgotten flashlight should not really have been a problem. Except for maybe this particular night.
Actually, they HAD thought of the idea. But nobody had said it out loud. Why should kids have all the fun?
Nobody else had ever thought about tapping into the combination wildlife/history/garbage tourism market before.
Chuck didn't have to rely on social media to study lack of self-awareness. He had Pamela MacPherson right there on Walnut Crescent.
Pamela knew something about everything and knew it better than everyone else. That's how they found out about the firesmarting.
Was the flashing Rebel Alliance Death Star hanging over the manger scene a bit too much? Someone obviously thought so.
While big mammoths move slowly in herds like elephants, miniature mammoths rush around in packs like badly behaved dogs.
Chuck didn't know for sure that everyone on Walnut Crescent was cultured and literate. But he had his suspicions.
Follow your dreams! Well, OK. But everyone's dream is different and it's often hard to understand someone else's. Especially in Yukon.
Hosting a pair of unaccompanied visitors whose average age was 11 was a significant departure from the norm at the Walnut Crescent Bed and Breakfast... especially after rescuing them from the prime minister.
A drug bust is just not a thing on Walnut Crescent. Or at least, it's not a usual thing on Walnut Crescent.
Their operational security was usually much better. A spy must have infiltrated their Facebook page.
Franz knew that others would go for this sort of thing. And they'd each get a free licence plate!
Everyone has a different tolerance for disorder. But why he doesn't maintain his house is the subject of some discussion on Walnut Crescent.
The thin line between genius and insanity... How do you tell who is on which side of the line, especially in Yukon?
The music was smooth and flowing. Sometimes things just happen and we don't understand why.
Some people say that both God and Santa Claus are just made up, that they’re not real. Alex wasn't sure about Santa Claus, but she knew all about God.
It was in the house when they moved in. But most of the time, it remained unused. Unused, anyway until last month.
Mara said that one could not engineer a garden any more than they could plant a bridge. Chuck initially agreed but now he is not so sure.
Visitors to the Walnut Crescent Bed and Breakfast always ask the same questions. Here is the FAQ list of things that all newcomers to Yukon should know. Part 2 of 2
Visitors to the Walnut Crescent Bed and Breakfast always ask the same questions. Here is the FAQ list of things that all newcomers to Yukon should know. Part 1 of 2
Chuck didn't like Marsha very much. She had strong opinions on every subject and appeared Forrest Gump-like in newspaper photographs of public events.
I know all about war from watching TV. But I never expected war to break out on Walnut Crescent.
One should never judge a book by its cover... because covers, by their very nature, cover things up. So what was inside Vincent's cover?
Whitehorse does not have a fully developed beach culture. Or at least it didn't have one until climate change arrived.
All the world's a bus, and all the men and women merely passengers. But then the comfortable predictability of the bus routine changes.
The power dam keeps Schwatka Lake from flooding Whitehorse. What do you do when it cracks?
Chuck never really planned to be in the bed and breakfast business. He just sort of walked into it.