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Mid-Life Musings

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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 to Alaska. It was a question I got a lot, and I gave her my usual, rehearsed answer. “We think Alaska will be an adventure,” I said, “it’s just a […]

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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 to Alaska. It was a question I got a lot, and I gave her my usual, rehearsed answer. “We think Alaska will be an adventure,” I said, “it’s just a

The Hunt for the Northern Lights

/ Alaska, Chronicles of an Alaskan Outsider, Travel, Uncategorized

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 stunning view, or as a large mounted animal head (they’re everywhere), or as a sign along a hiking trail that only I seem to find funny. (Another sign I couldn’t

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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 stunning view, or as a large mounted animal head (they’re everywhere), or as a sign along a hiking trail that only I seem to find funny. (Another sign I couldn’t

Living Danger-ishly

/ Alaska, Chronicles of an Alaskan Outsider

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. Yes, we flew to Anchorage for an orthodontist appointment. I am seated right behind the pilot. If I leant my head forward I could nap on his shoulder. But I

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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. Yes, we flew to Anchorage for an orthodontist appointment. I am seated right behind the pilot. If I leant my head forward I could nap on his shoulder. But I

To Travel, or Not to Travel

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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? Or the summer after? Or the summer after that? Or do you proceed with caution in what could be the new normal for quite sometime. Weighing risks vs benefits was

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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? Or the summer after? Or the summer after that? Or do you proceed with caution in what could be the new normal for quite sometime. Weighing risks vs benefits was

How to Summer in Alaska

/ Change is Good. Right?, Travel

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 so subtle warning to trespassers. I had just been thinking our walk was similar to our post-dinner walks in Boulder, where we came from. Mountain views, similar style homes and

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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 so subtle warning to trespassers. I had just been thinking our walk was similar to our post-dinner walks in Boulder, where we came from. Mountain views, similar style homes and

Springtime is Break-Up Time

/ Change is Good. Right?, Chronicles of an Alaskan Outsider, Travel

Things are thawing out here in Alaska. I’d say we are just a day or two away from being able to extract my son’s homework from the driveway, which is now three months past due. Spring, Alaska’s Ugly Season Spring here is referred to as, “The Break Up.” This is the time of year when ice

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Things are thawing out here in Alaska. I’d say we are just a day or two away from being able to extract my son’s homework from the driveway, which is now three months past due. Spring, Alaska’s Ugly Season Spring here is referred to as, “The Break Up.” This is the time of year when ice

Aboard the National Geographic Explorer in Antarctica

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My sister’s 40th was coming up. To celebrate such a milestone birthday, I suggested we go for Sushi, but she said she’d rather go to Antartica. Always eager to please “the baby of the family” my parents booked Marla on a cruise to Antarctica as a gift, but they were worried about her going alone. After

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My sister’s 40th was coming up. To celebrate such a milestone birthday, I suggested we go for Sushi, but she said she’d rather go to Antartica. Always eager to please “the baby of the family” my parents booked Marla on a cruise to Antarctica as a gift, but they were worried about her going alone. After

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