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The Meaning of Family. 5 Aug 2013 | 01:22 pm
~ My family ties got a little broader and tighter this past week. I got a chance to meet my mother’s sister’s son’s grandchildren. Our family has relatives far-flung all over these United States. ...
Where Heaven is a local call. 23 Jul 2013 | 02:04 pm
Front Beach, Unalaska, Alaska. In the throes of summer, where temps range from the low 40′s to the mid 60′s, time flies by. It is a perfect time when the seas are just right, the clouds are high and...
Into the Wild Blue Yonder 7 Apr 2013 | 11:56 am
This is what I am hoping for on Sunday morning. Clear blue skies with just enough of a breeze to give an airplane good lift so that our luggage will not be left behind due to weight and balance. I a...
Islands of the Smokey Seas 3 Apr 2013 | 09:19 am
March, April, and May can be the most vexing months especially during the last few years when nothing that was before seems to be happening now. Last year we had our last snow on May 31st. Now as I ...
Pet Peeve 22 Mar 2013 | 09:08 pm
I have a really silly pet peeve. Silly because there is absolutely nothing I can do to remedy the situation. And silly because it makes no difference if the situation is remedied. I’ve noticed, that w...
To Kill A Mockingbird 21 Mar 2013 | 04:07 am
The best $3.50 I ever spent. This dog-eared copy of one of my favorite books of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 11, 1960. It immediately hit the best seller lists. Nell Harpe...
Is that a Christmas cactus I see? 15 Mar 2013 | 10:26 pm
This is the corner. It is a shake my head corner. It is the throw the project into corner. Center stage, we have the science fair project about hydraulics. And off to the right we have a glimpse o...
Do Not Feed the Eagles 14 Mar 2013 | 08:45 pm
Someone was feeding eagles yesterday. I don’t know if it was my idiotic neighbor who thinks it is his god given right to feed wildlife, or if it was accidental feeding from an offload of a fishing b...
Alaskan Light 11 Mar 2013 | 09:36 pm
I was on a regular routine. Of waking up to a certain feeling of light. A little before 8, right between astronomical and nautical twilight in Unalaska. The sun is sitting about 12 to 18 degrees be...
Happy International Women’s Day – Celebrate your feminine 8 Mar 2013 | 11:52 pm
In 1910 an International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women’s Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, proposed that every year in each cou...
