Category Archives: Life In Alaska

Walk and Wine – First 5k of the season

I participated in the Alaska Girls Walk and Wine 5k today. I walked the whole thing, but I did it! I’m pretty pleased about this since I also left work midday since I was not feeling well due to some … Continue reading

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Presents!

Say goodbye to back breaking shoveling of the driveway and hello to my new toy!

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Let it snow!

  Just got my driveway plowed and it’s awesome! Very fair prices and great service. Why have I been shoveling for five years?  

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More freaks than I care to acknowledge

http://m.newsminer.com/news/kris_capps/turtle-survives-mysterious-pet-killings-in-denali-park/article_c862cb9e-406d-11e3-9193-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm#.UnBNyRtogQ0.facebook   1)      While I understand that the park’s onsite geologist may not be an animal expert, ferrets are not rodents and saying as much makes me think you need some more basic education.  A likely analogy would be me … Continue reading

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Cooking Adventures, Ethiopian Style

I made this Curried Tomato Lentil Soup (Shorba Addis) soup over the weekend. I used fresh ginger as the recipe called for, but I didn’t measure it and think I put more than it called for which was almost too … Continue reading

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End of Line

My houseguest is gone, as is the week of intensive dance combined with giving that guest an immersion into life in Interior Alaska and her own mini-immersion classes into technology and i.t. support. Now I start catching up on life: … Continue reading

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The Hostile Hostel – Day One: Check-In Craziness

Since I had stayed at one other hostel for a workshop in Anchorage once before with a fairly decent experience save for the inappropriate treatment of the employees by the owner, Lara and I decided that we would try a … Continue reading

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Home Projects Summer 2013

Just trying to keep track of what seems like an insane amount of things we need to do in our short summer: INDOORS: – paint cupboards white – paint front door blue – paint living room wall orange – man … Continue reading

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Noisy small things

Today I am really missing our old next-door neighbors who had three little boys that preferred to make lots of noise BANGING, but they were LOVELY compared to our new neighbors who have the two little girls that spend most … Continue reading

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First Hot Springs trip of 2013

Saw the lights dancing overhead, enjoyed the goodness of a hot soak in the hot springs, drank a drink that looks like the lights dancing. And had dessert with great company. Terrific end to day that started out rather poorly!

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