Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a… Continue reading
What am I thankful for? Selfishly thankful? Or salt-of-the-earth thankful, you know, not thinking about myself but those who really make me who I am?… Continue reading
If I owned a home in the valley that was damaged by jökulhlaup floods during the last two years, I’d be skeptical about the Hesco… Continue reading
The holiday season is upon us! Over the next few months, we will be guests at any number of culinary extravaganzas. We will consume more… Continue reading
Do you wish you were more happy? Do you see others experiencing joy and happiness and wonder how they do it? Or is your life… Continue reading
I am voting pickled! And I am darn proud about it. Um, before I get ahead of myself, I am not voting inebriated or under… Continue reading
From a visitor from England who visited Calgary on the way to Juneau, I learned about the Banff Springs snails, which live in thermal springs… Continue reading
In 2015, the British Columbia government committed to ending Tulsequah Chief’s pollution of the Taku. It has been nine years since this commitment was made… Continue reading
For those of you who struggle with trying to figure out how to bake pies and also put a turkey in the oven on Thanksgiving… Continue reading
I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the Áakʼw Ḵwáan, the original inhabitants of Lingít… Continue reading
During meetings in Juneau last week, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials said it will likely take a decade or more to research and… Continue reading
Kim Kovol, commissioner of the state Department of Family and Community Services, wrote a Nov. 18 opinion piece praising the staff at the state-run Alaska… Continue reading
With my left hand managing the 297 soft cover pages, I read. Tim Cahill was in Mali and having a discussion with a local about… Continue reading
I knew I had to jump on the bandwagon right from the start. Their attraction was insidious. Surrounded by admirers who touched them, who elbowed… Continue reading
The Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), an 80-bed psychiatric hospital located in Anchorage is operated by the Department of Family and Community Services, and stands as… Continue reading
I like living in a place where I can encounter wild critters in so many places and so often. But some days are always luckier… Continue reading
It was just over five years ago, in the summer of 2019, that the strategic prescience and unorthodox diplomatic brilliance of America’s re-elected Commander-in-Chief, Donald… Continue reading
