Yukon, On the Marge

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?

  • 7 minutes 57 seconds
    Together, One Caribou Apart
    Mr. MacPherson took some food to the people who were locked up. But he kept the best for himself.
    17 April 2020, 2:00 pm
  • 10 minutes 42 seconds
    Write Stuff
    In some groups, the ability to laugh at oneself is the mark of an evolved sense of humour. Not all groups, clearly.
    3 April 2020, 2:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 38 seconds
    Corona
    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?
    18 March 2020, 12:01 pm
  • 10 minutes 59 seconds
    Lessons from St. Thomas
    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.
    18 March 2020, 12:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 45 seconds
    Audit
    What's a garbage audit? Is that even a thing?
    14 February 2020, 1:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 32 seconds
    Whatever it's Worth
    It was late so Mara didn't try to explain that Air North treated just about everyone like royalty.
    7 February 2020, 1:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 32 seconds
    So Close and Yet so Far
    What is it about Yukon? People from Outside don't understand. Yukoners understand very well but they have a hard time explaining it.
    3 January 2020, 1:00 pm
  • 10 minutes 55 seconds
    Brisbane Bryan
    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.
    27 December 2019, 1:00 pm
  • 10 minutes 6 seconds
    Available Light
    The forgotten flashlight should not really have been a problem. Except for maybe this particular night.
    20 December 2019, 1:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 15 seconds
    Playground
    Actually, they HAD thought of the idea. But nobody had said it out loud. Why should kids have all the fun?
    13 December 2019, 1:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 41 seconds
    One Man's Garbage
    Nobody else had ever thought about tapping into the combination wildlife/history/garbage tourism market before.
    6 December 2019, 1:00 pm
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