Feb 5, 2010 | Blog
Diana Rutzebeck Tillion of Halibut Cove (near Homer) died this week, she was 81 according to an obituary in the Anchorage Daily News. A couple of autumns ago I took Diana and her daughter Martha up the old logging road to our cabin, which is on the site of...Feb 3, 2010 | Blog
Well, it has been a big day around here. The advanced reader copies (or ARCs) of my new book, Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs are out and I’m hearing good things from booksellers across the country. (ARCs are the paperbacks printed just for stores and...Feb 2, 2010 | Blog
Before going to bed the other night I was reading an article in The Week on the global economy. This prompted me to check the labels on my (I thought) very American clothes. My shirt (Woolrich) was made in China, and so were my Levi’s and Smart Wool socks. My...Jan 31, 2010 | Blog
When the Chilkat Valley Jeopardy announcer said, “This local businesswoman once danced in a gilded cage at the Totem Bar” not everyone knew where that was, much less who he meant, until she, who was one of the contestants up on the stage at the Chilkat...Jan 29, 2010 | Blog
Remember that song? “Welcome to my Dream?” I know you’ve heard it, and I did last night. Bing Crosby sang it on his way to Dawson City from Skagway with his pal Bob Hope in a 1946 movie called “Road to Utopia”. Yup, even back then this...Jan 27, 2010 | Blog
When you shop on-line no one sings “yes, we have no bananas”.In the grocery store yesterday, as everyone was busy unloading fresh freight from the Seattle barge– apples and salad fixings, milk and cheese– I checked my list and looked hard for...
