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Ringing in a brand new year
I couldn't resist looking back to my post from last December, Way back then, (doesn't it feel like more than 365 days?) I listed out...

Sue McDowell
Jan 1, 20214 min read


It's a number's game?
My colleagues and I have been busy this week capturing the amazing traffic of polar bears coming thru Churchill Manitoba as they wait for...

Sue McDowell
Nov 7, 20205 min read


Sometimes it seems bleak...
My shift on the Explore.org polar bear cams cams this week was quiet and "cold." The weather had turned in Churchill with sharply...

Sue McDowell
Oct 29, 20202 min read


We're back!
Last Sunday I got the email I'd been anxiously waiting for...my shift notice at Explore.org confirming that I was going to be on the...

Sue McDowell
Oct 22, 20202 min read


Learning local during a pandemic
“The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.”...

Sue McDowell
Jul 22, 20203 min read


I can and must do better.....
As I planned out what I was going to write, this week, I kept circling around two points I'm struggling to comprehend in a meaningful...

Sue McDowell
Jun 15, 20204 min read


Still on pause?
Like so many other folks these days, I've been conserving my energy - getting some exercise but then finding I have no energy left for...

Sue McDowell
May 15, 20203 min read
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