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Author Archives: Walt Humphries

Tales from the dump: Glued snowshoes

by Walt Humphries November 27, 2020November 26, 2020

A company was running a drill program in the winter out in the bush. The drill results were looking good, so the company decided they should stake some more ground. They asked around for stakers, which were in short supply, but someone mentioned Allan did some staking, so they hired him and sent him out […]

Tales from the dump: Toward a noiseless snow-gliding anti-gravity dasher

by Walt Humphries November 20, 2020November 19, 2020

Tales from the dump: One deconstructed waffle, please

by Walt Humphries November 6, 2020

Tales from the dump: Berry picking is the one true exercise

by Walt Humphries September 12, 2020September 11, 2020

TALES FROM THE DUMP: A guide to better berry picking

by Walt Humphries August 22, 2020August 21, 2020

TALES FROM THE DUMP: The salvagers want in

by Walt Humphries August 14, 2020August 14, 2020

Tales from the dump: A modest mosquito proposal

by Walt Humphries July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

Tales from the dump: learning from territorial wildlife

by Walt Humphries July 24, 2020July 24, 2020

Tales from the dump: orange you glad I said petrichor?

by Walt Humphries July 9, 2020July 9, 2020

Tales from the dump: Three men and a boat trailer

by Walt Humphries June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

Tales from the dump: Swimming for snagged lures

by Walt Humphries June 19, 2020

Tales from the dump: seeding potatoes? Watch out for fairy dingles

by Walt Humphries June 12, 2020

Tales from the dump: Salvaging, uniting, tidying Yk

by Walt Humphries June 4, 2020June 4, 2020

Tales from the dump: Bird is the word

by Walt Humphries May 29, 2020

Tales from the dump: the dump is moving into the bush…

by Walt Humphries May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

Tales from the dump: bitter over the litter

by Walt Humphries May 15, 2020May 15, 2020

Tales from the dump: the raven and the eagle

by Walt Humphries May 8, 2020

Tales from the dump: happy belated Earth Day

by Walt Humphries May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Tales from the dump: the anti-nutso department

by Walt Humphries April 16, 2020April 16, 2020

Tales from the dump: All hail the sun

by Walt Humphries February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

Tales from the dump: nature is nature, and it’s a tough place

by Walt Humphries February 14, 2020February 14, 2020

Tales from the dump: a viral field guide

by Walt Humphries February 7, 2020February 6, 2020

Tales from the dump: Pulling teeth in the bush

by Walt Humphries January 30, 2020January 30, 2020

Tales from the Dump: Was Stanton built for the North?

by Walt Humphries January 23, 2020January 23, 2020

Tales from the Dump: A cocoon of seven blankets at Stanton hospital

by Walt Humphries January 10, 2020January 11, 2020

Tales from the dump: A winter yarn for the fireplace

by Walt Humphries December 20, 2019December 20, 2019

Tales from the dump: The Ho, Ho, Ho column arriveth

by Walt Humphries December 5, 2019December 5, 2019

Tales from the dump: city steps on a slippery slope

by Walt Humphries December 2, 2019December 2, 2019

Tales from the Dump: Here’s to the geological future

by Walt Humphries November 23, 2019May 3, 2020

Geologists love the dump. Here’s why

by Walt Humphries November 16, 2019November 16, 2019

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