What to do if you run out of gas
I couldn’t believe it, I had run out of gas. After 15 years I knew my Toyota well. I knew that the needle on the …
How to Summer in Alaska
The other evening my husband Mark and I were on a peaceful stroll when we came across this we shoot to kill sign. A not …
Teaching Kids About Guns; Family’s First Lesson in Firearms
A 14-month-old child stumbles around a coffee table clinging to it as he focuses on the exciting objects on top; brightly colored blocks, soft squeaky …
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What are the odds?
Every so often, just when you think you’re going to make good time on knocking out the day’s “to do” list, you have an encounter …
Mid-Life Musings
A couple of years ago, I was at the hair salon explaining to my 20-something-year-old stylist why we were moving from Colorado all the way …
The Hunt for the Northern Lights
Every once in a while I look up, and I’m reminded that I live in Alaska. That reminder may come in the form of a …
Life on the Outskirts
“The Hunt” Act I: “It’s not at the restaurant,” my husband Mark says, starting to panic. He had used my cell to inquire about his …
Living Danger-ishly
Small Plane Culture: My son Anders and I are on a small propeller plane returning to the Peninsula from Anchorage where Anders just got braces. …
To Travel, or Not to Travel
That is everyone’s question. The decision to travel in Covid-times is not a simple one. Do you postpone doing anything or going anywhere until next summer? …