by A Bunker | Aug 10, 2021 | TRAVEL
Red shirts hang outside many of the homes in Kugluktuk, Nunavut. A homegrown talent, the young actress Emerald MacDonald who starred in the movie “The Grizzlies,” was found murdered in a cabin out on the land, her murderer unknown and still hiding somewhere in this...
by A Bunker | Jul 12, 2021 | TRAVEL
Leah came along on the spring annual fishing trip, our daughter who lights up our world every day. And I can’t stop looking at the trip photos. Back in March I just threw it out there. “Kiddo, you wanna go to Nipigon with your mom and I this year?” “YEAH BOOMER!” She...
by A Bunker | Sep 15, 2020 | TRAVEL
Nothing there between them but long periods of silence. She’s quite pretty, and he’s a grub. A young couple they didn’t much match and I guess hadn’t figured that out yet. When the waitress came to take their order she was about to speak until...
by A Bunker | Aug 11, 2020 | TRAVEL
Touched down June 29th in Taloyoak same time as a rare Arctic thunderstorm. Some folks on the flight had been hooting and hollering on approach, the turbulence giving a little fright. Many aboard the half empty plane were destined for Gjoa Haven, a few pissed off that...
by A Bunker | Jul 4, 2020 | TRAVEL
The second round of Mojitos, Brenda and I settled into a game of Rummy with our friends from the north country. The Agent Stevie Zebco and I would once again be reunited for another Mission Fishin’ Impossible but this time, like last time, and the time before...
by A Bunker | Mar 18, 2020 | ICE FISHING, TRAVEL
Surely it was a visit long overdue, but as I walked up to my old buddy Pat sitting there at the restaurant table with his daughters and he stood for a big ole man hug, all feelings of lost time and missed opportunities were put at ease. It was only “like yesterday,”...
