Tag Archives: life
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
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
Flagstaff, AZ to Santa Fe, NM: Snow on adobe
Giant Santa Fe horse head Happy Holiday cow skull at El Paseo (almost as beautiful as the $1 tacos) With snow flying through the air of Flagstaff, I busted a freeway move all the way to Santa Fe, New Mexico. … Continue reading
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Laughlin, NV to Sedona, AZ: finally some cool rocks
Sunrise over the Colorado Straight roads Behold, a cactus FROG ROCK! Not southern Idaho. Arizona. No really. That’s more like it. Sedona. Oooooooooh. Festival o’ lights at the Tlaquepaque (which is nothing like Tlaquepaque in Guadalajara) And it is cold … Continue reading
The Black Friday Plague
Here’s a disturbing thought: Someone will be wounded tomorrow in a shopping-related incident. Gimme At some point, the proud United States of America began a country-wide tradition of waking up extremely early, crowding around some motion-activated doors in a strip … Continue reading
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Of Alice
When I moved to Sitka, Sarah asked if I had seen the little old lady riding her bike. The first time I saw Alice, she wore a bold combination of red and yellow with her grey hair blowing around in … Continue reading
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Design Team Assemble!
HELP! My little wooden cabin is wicked fantastic; my bedroom wallpaper is not. The wallpaper will stay because it’s a rental, but these terrible curtains are beginning to drive me insane. I will replace the weird mullety curtain style with … Continue reading
