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TONGUE-IN-CHEEK ALASKANA
The brisk weather we’ve been experiencing lately here in Interior Alaska has been a wonderful learning experience. Hopefully it has taught my friends and neighbors a thing or two–especially my neighbor, Bing Snudlick. People get complacent when the weather is too warm. However, at… Continue Reading “The Arctic Death Squeeze”
It gnaws at me the way a mouth full of canker sores feels when you’re eating a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips. With each breath, I inhale the poisonous memories of treachery and betrayal. The one I have taken in and cared… Continue Reading “Vehicular Homicide”
The winter Olympics are commandeering a lot of news time lately. It’s a great thing, competition and all. Training hard, facing formidable odds, bringing home the gold for your country, abusing steroids—these are epic deeds and certainly newsworthy. I don’t begrudge those spandex-wearing, ridiculously… Continue Reading “Hooding”
During Alaska’s brief summer it is sometimes hard to tell who is a sourdough and who isn’t. While it’s balmy out, clever resourceful tourons and cheechakos are usually able to fake it enough to blend in with the experienced Alaskans. As long as they… Continue Reading “The Ice Scootch and Other Winter Tricks”
Chinook Howling 