Yukon Reflections

Well I got home from Dawsin to find a cupple of nice surprises. First was that Merna planted a bunch of flours around my house

You ast why the feller I met on the Stewart and Cassyar calls that skirt of his a Futility kilt. Seems it goes back to

Next time I get a noshun to drive my own self from White Horse to Vicktoria, I want you to give my head a shake,

I done it, Darrol. I found Unkle Walt! Well, to tell it true, he found me. I was down to Genral Delivry, like I been

I’m startin’ to think its true what they say about rich folks not bein’ like you and me. Not like me anyways, since I ain’t

Life has sure been some hecktick this past week. I sware, some days I been stirrin’ my stumps when it ain’t even noon yet. Not

Dont know that I ever told you Darrol, but theres part of The Widdows island that still belongs to the govamint of Brutish Columbya. Its

So much fer the peace and qwiet of livin’ on a private island. Come Monday in the ayem, The Widdow was still in recovry mode

By jingo Darrol, like the song goes, “was’nt that a party!” I told you last week The Widdow was havin’ a few folks drop by

Well we finely got some peace and qwiet back on the island. The big toys that was rippin’ up evrythink in site fer the past

I was tellin’ you last time how a bunch of Constabbulary lads dropped in, with nary so much as a fone call first to see

Even at yer age Darrol, I reckon you heard the old sayin’ about be carefull what you wish, unlest you wanta live in interrestin’ times?

I useta think there was’nt much I never seen at least the once, but boys-a-boys did I come in fer some surprize this week. It

Theres somethink been eatin’ my brain pan fer the past cuppla weeks I gotta tell you about, Darrol. Its that dang Maisy, the one that

Let me tell you one thing, when it comes to gettin’ marryed up, they do things in Loss Vegas like no place else. If yer

By the time the carry’er pidgins make it up to the Youcon with this, Unkle Walts and Evas nupshuls will allready have came and went.

Oh golly, I got a sad tail to tell you, Darrol. It started a cuppla nites back, when Maisy got into the cups again. Well

Got yer note, and by golly I thank you kindly fer that. Untill you ast, it did’nt don on me that you was still such

I must have grew some sea legs whilst we was in Loss Vayguss. The hole way home to Brutish Columbya, I did’nt upchuck in the

Three nights on a Loss Vayguss park bench left me some glad to see Eva and Unkle Walt back from Hawayii, brown as a pare

Darroll my son, did I ever tell you of the time we dang near done in Santa Claws? It was back in 19 and 45,

Ihope that little Easter rabbit done you and yers proud this year, Darrol. As fer me I got no complantes on that score, but I

Its a grand time of year all together, whats with the sun driftin’ back and folks puttin’ the Seasonal Disorder Afflickshun back in the closet

‘you mind that old sayin’ about how evry body I know is nuts ‘scept you and me, and I aint so sure about you? Thats

D’you mind that old sayin’ about how evry body I know is nuts ‘scept you and me, and I aint so sure about you? Thats

D’you ever have times when it feels like yer ice fishin’ in a gold fish bowl? If you dont step lite, somethinks gonna get busted

Seein’ how yer a big shot newspaper guy, I was kinda hopin’ you cud fill me in on Whats Up with the Youcon? The way

So hows yer Janwary goin’, now its almost gone? Dont know about you, but evry New Years I get to ponderin’ on what happens to

Well Darrol, I reckon you allready drug out yer short pants and yer Greatfull Dead tee-shirts now you finely got dubble digits wetherwise. The innerweb

How does that old sayin’ go about it bein’ a bad wind that dont blow some good for some body some wheres? I aint talkin’

Been spendin’ a lot of time in the out of doors of late. Its the ownly way a feller can get away from Eva and

I sure hope you can read this, Darrol. My writin’ hand is a mite bit shakey and my head feels like I been kicked by

Fer what its worth, life kinda got back to normal here abouts once Eva got home from her big Olympickal advenchur. She spent the first

When folks talk about the wilds of Brutish Columbya, I always figgered they meant somewheres out in the bush. Turns out they mean Robinson Street

The four of us was at the table chewin’ on the fat the other day the way folks do after a good feed and a

The dangdest part of gettin’ on in years is theres less and less folks that can recall the same stuff you do from when you

You know how they say if you dont like it hot then stay outta the kitchen. Thats what I been doin’ the past few days.

D’you ever get the feelin’ yer trapped in some kinda time warp Darroll? Let me be the first to admit I aint an eckspert on

Folks has called me all sorts of things bytimes, espeshually now that I’m gettin’ on a bit and maybe a tad more set in my

Darroll, Darroll, Darroll. What in the name of Sam Heck have you went and done now? You cudda tipped me over with a fether when

I reckon I need a hard hat, Darrol. Last week Eva goes and puts up a bunch of plastic thingy-ma-jigs all over the place that

OhKay evrybody, lets hear it fer Dominion Day. Oops, it aint called that anymore is it? OhKay then, lets hear it fer Canada Day. Now

Iknow how folks get all outta twist hearin’ Brutish Columbyans brag on how they got trees and flours bloomin’ like Billy B. Dammed whilst the

I gotta get this here off my chest, OKay Darroll? There was a bit of a fib in my last letter. Not that big a

So like I was sayin’ it looks like Unkle Walt mite of started goin’ a bit soft in the head of late. Most fellers Walts

Got yer note sayin’ you was’nt sure what my last letter was on about when I menshuned the party line fones. If yer thinkin’ it

D’you ever get the feelin’ the more the world goes foreword the farther back it gets? Near as I can tell from the news of

My golly goodness Ed, I hope I can make it to the end of this here letter in one peace. Truth is my nerves is

I aint too sure whats goin’ on, but fer some reason the past few weeks I been startin’ to feel a fair bit older than

I aint herd if yer still traypsin’ around whilst some one else does all yer dirty work. If you made it back to yer job

Darroll, theres a roomer goin’ round that some womman is camped out fer a few weeks in yer big stuffy Mister Ed chair. The same

If yer like most folks Darrol, you probly spent the past while or two glued to yer TV waitin’ to see how much hardwear gets