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Dec. 6 Haines: It’s a Wet (& Dry) World
From NPR this morning, about Norman Lear’s belief that there are two types of humans, wet and dry: "Dry people were calm, cool, unruffled. Wet people were emotional, and impulsive, and things get to them." December 6, weds. On the Chilkat. 10 am, 42 degrees,...
What a First Friday. And It’s Time to Vote!
The sky has cleared and there's frost on the rose hips and it promises to be a lovely evening to hang out downtown for the First Friday arts celebration, and there's a ton happening. 5-7 the KHNS annual meeting and art print show is at the museum. I'd go there first,...
Book News
It's October, and that means Alaska Book Week is coming up. I used to be able to name the handful of great Alaska writers, now there are so many I can't even fit all my contemporary books by Alaskan authors on the shelves that I tried to reserve for them, and they...
Moose Hunting 101
Think of this as field notes from our moose camp-- or at least how the Lendes got our moose. I imagine there are as many different ways as there are hunters. I took pictures of how my husband and I cut a whole moose into pieces and carried it out of the field and to...
There’s Moose Stew For the Winter
Yes, we got a moose and we are happy. We hunted hard and it's not easy. He had three obvious brow tines, and is now all cut up and hanging in the garage. I love moose meat, and knowing exactly where my food comes from. We just returned from Fish& Game where they...
A Holiday for my Spirit as Much as Anything
19 moose have been taken so far, and as Chip says, none of them are ours. But we are off to try again this weekend, which is why I will miss my friend Seth Kantner's talk at the library at 3 on Saturday, but you should go, Seth will be reading from his new collection...
Walkin’ and Talkin’ Ramble
This is what my friend and I talked about walking the dogs this morning, in the long shadows of the equinox sun and yellow leaves and snow on the mountains and north wind blowing down the river as the tide came in beginning with the Pope's talk: "I liked that he...