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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Extreme budget framing

You start with some wrapping paper from Venice that’s also a sweet map. Then you go outside and find some sticks and lash them together with string. Finally you tack everything to the wall, drink a beer a feel very … Continue reading

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Twigs and Bourbon

This little post is twofold. One purpose is a test of new writer helper software I downloaded. (I accidentally posted a one-sentence draft of this, so, um, maybe I need more practice).The second reason is to share a little springy … Continue reading

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Ebb and Flow

Circle round everyone, for it has been a hell of a spell. I’m tuckered out from hand-sawing pallets, but I need to get my fingertips typing again before they forget how. March saw multiple planes touch down in Sitkatown laden … Continue reading

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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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