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Out to Dinner
Mostly I go out to dinner so I won’t have to cook and wash up. It’s nice to be waited on for a change. I care about the food, of course; I don’t like it to be terrible. With age … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Day to day, Island life
Tagged Alaska, bears, Canada, Fairbanks, Haines Junction, Lummi Island, Manley Road House, The Pump House, The Willows Inn
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Notes from the frozen north
Jerry and I have been in Manley for a 2 weeks. Until 2 days ago it was still deeply frozen. We check the thermometer about 10 times a day to see whether there is a hope of a thaw before … Continue reading
The Old Woman Rides Again
When old folks like me go silent for a long period people are apt to think them dead. I’m not dead, I’m in Alaska. Jerry and I drove up last week to take care of our house in Manley Hot … Continue reading
The importance of place
On the ferry Malaspina coming, home from Alaska, most of the passengers were military families being moved from Alaska to some other place. There were single men and women and couples but a lot of the military families had children … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Memoir
Tagged Airplanes, Alaska, Andover, Haines AK, military transfers, old houses
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To the Ferry
We started on Friday morning. It had snowed the night before, and the road was white with snow and fog. The stunted spruce were silhouetted against the sunrise. We stopped the first day in Tok, and next day saw the … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Day to day
Tagged Alaska, Alaska Ferry, Alcan Highway, Haines AK, The Ferry Malaspina
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You win some, you lose some
When we began our drive in Haines it was autumn. There was still color in the trees. But we quickly transitioned to winter as we drove north and inland. We stopped the first day at Destruction Bay (in Canada) where … Continue reading
A life lived by impulse
When I first began to blog I wrote an account of Jerry’s and my late life courtship. I only had a few readers then. This is part I of 2 posts written almost 2 years ago. I thought it would … Continue reading
Dancing with Plotniks
I spent 4 days in Juneau, Alaska over July 4th visiting my friend Gwen. The 4th was her birthday. About once a year I take a trip without Jerry, usually to see one of my children. In a way this … Continue reading
Fire, rain and fatigue
There are fires all over Alaska. Though it didn’t rain much while we were there, the skies were overcast most of the time and it was cooler than usual. No sooner had we left than the sun came out and it … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Day to day
Tagged Alaska, forest fire, rain, roast beef, stewed rabbit
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Driving into summer and counting bears
We are home on Lummi. Alaska seems far away. I felt a twinge of regret as we left the little house alone, water drained from all the pipes, refrigerator off, windows shut and everything put away or stowed in the … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Day to day
Tagged Alaska, bears, campgrounds, Cassiar Highway, coyotes, swans, Yukon
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