Monthly Archives: February 2010

February 22, 2010

Alaska Winter Warriors

People ask me many of the same questions about living in Alaska. They’re difficult to answer without prefacing: “Well Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas, so there are a lot of regional variations.” (See size domination in … Continue reading →

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February 15, 2010

Baby freight – an odd chapter of the Vietnam War

At a meeting tonight, a nurse shared a story about being a “lapper” to babies flown to Los Angeles after the fall of Saigon (now Ho Chí Minh City), Vietnam. She said she sat in a converted airplane hangar with … Continue reading →

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February 12, 2010

Roswell, New Mexico – Next, please

There – I just saved you a trip to Roswell. This is the best I saw. The drive out of Santa Fe was an exercise in ass clenching. The clear Southwest sun beamed onto pavement recently plowed of the last … Continue reading →

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