Nov 4, 2013 | Blog
It was snowing on Mt. Ripinsky when Pearl and I began our walk this morning. By the time we got home a few flurries were flying. At morning tea-time the ground is much whiter. We had a frost yesterday that was hard enough that in spite of the sunshine and blue sky...Nov 3, 2013 | Blog
First, read all about Haines High grad and my neighbor, Kyle Fossman’s UAA game against BYU in the Anchorage Daily News (they didn’t win but in the exhibition game against a D1 school, UAA & Kyle were tough) and then check out the feature and slide...Nov 3, 2013 | Blog
Riding bikes yesterday with my friend Rob from Juneau, I asked if he cycled to work. “I walk,” he said. It’s only 3/4 of a mile from his condo to the office. Then he said his daily discipline is to pick up one piece of trash each way. He said...Nov 1, 2013 | Blog
Maybe it’s because today is November, or maybe it’s because I’m a little light headed from the Fall Flush (sans Halloween candy, sans red wine, sans cheese with my apples), but it’s probably because when you take away a few things you become...Oct 30, 2013 | Blog
Yes, Haines is once again sort of famous. Or at least in a lot of mail boxes this week. The Snow 2013 issue of the Patagonia Catalog has a dramatic Haines avalanche on the cover. Which made my heart stop after the fatal accidents of the last two heli-ski seasons. The...Oct 29, 2013 | Blog
Halloween keeps on giving in Haines through the weekend– The Babbling Book has Halloween stickers and tattoos and next door at Buckshot and Bobby Pins there are wigs. The Uglys haunted house will be open 6:00 to about 8:30 on Halloween in the ANB Hall, and the...
