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Of Bears and Baking
So, how fresh is that bear poop? Just checking to see if it's still warm. (It's not.) My friend Beth took the picture because she thought it was funny. There is a little black bear hanging out in the neighborhood. He, or maybe she? (I did not get that up close and...
Books Are Here
Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs is now on sale in Haines at the Babbling Book store. (907)-766-3356. Crazy, but true, I just signed a few hundred copies. I am as surprised as you are. I'm also scared to death. I wasn't in town the last time a book came...
A Long Short Walk
When I was in New York it was sunny and we walked everywhere. The sidewalks and Central Park walking lanes were full of people, and no one said hello except the groundskeepers in the park. Now I know why. It's not they aren't friendly. It's that they'd never to get...
Up and Down
Here is another tip for nervous flyers from a pilot friend, "Better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, than in the air wishing you were on the ground." (Tip might not be the proper word.) Speaking of proper words, or funny ways to say things, I spoke...
Flying Column is Up
There is a new column up at the Alaska Dispatch, which is a paper you should check out, if you haven't. You'll learn a lot about the state there, politically, socially and economically. When I was in New York the sentiment among travel writers what that we are all...
Moose and Birds
If all the bird life weren't enough of a thrill, I was sipping my coffee when suddenly (yes, suddenly) there was a moose right next to the window. I yelled to Eliza, and we jumped up and he looked at us (from about eight feet away, the width of the deck he was up...
First Bike Ride of the Season
We rode out to Lutak this morning on the new pavement in calm sunshine as the tide was coming in. We were just in time to see about a gazillion feeding shorebirds on the flats at the mouth of the Chilkoot River. The eulachon (hooligan) are in so there were plenty of...