Category Archives: alaska
A Peculiar Christmas Tree Compendium
You might not expect this, but I love me some Christmas. Not the awful consumery, commercial part that makes baby Jesus cry – but the family, friends, traditions and sparkly bits of December. Growing up in the snowy mountains, the … Continue reading
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Dear Saturday,
I love you. xxxo, Jessie
Fun time photo organization!
One of the nicest things about buying an enormous computer with one terabyte of space is that, if you’re me, you can add every photo, music, art and writing file you own, and you will not even begin to fill … Continue reading
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Home Again, Jiggity Jig
Photo: renjith krishnan I read a quote the other day by Chinese writer, Lin Yutang: “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” That pretty much … Continue reading
A smattering of wonderful things
Oh June, you dramatic bastard. You have asserted yourself soundly in just two days. June means salmon in southeast Alaska which starts with anxious prepping and waiting followed by furious working and money making (and some slapstick pratfalls). When I … Continue reading
Ocean Therapy
In short but photo-fat format, I wanted to share my evening. I took a needed solitary paddle around my front (back?) yard after a long convoluted day. It worked perfectly, as did the fat glass of vino after. Volcano! What … Continue reading
Weekend Road* Trip to Juneau, Alaska
*So it’s not exactly paint on pavement, it’s a big, blue watery road, but the U.S. D.O.T. designated the Alaska Marine Highway a National Scenic Byway, so it counts. M/V Fairweather I f’ing love the ferry! It is the poor … Continue reading
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Exercise for the Indolently Inclined
I don’t care much for gym exercise. If exercise and I (me, we?) are to get along, it needs to make itself entertaining and engaging like kayaking or sex. That said, regular exercise does help one fit into a kayak … Continue reading
How to Keep Rainforest Slugs Out of Your Veggie Beds
Throw their asses in the ocean. I hear they don’t care for salt (and that they don’t have asses – just fat, slimy little turd bodies). It may sound harsh, but do you really want these creeping into the beds … Continue reading
Sharecropper’s Delight
Growing plants seems a simple concept. You take some seeds, stick them in dirt and things start happening. For a long time, however, I was under the impression that plants were a chore to be avoided, like window washing and … Continue reading
