Alaska Life
If you receive a text from the post office explaining they didn’t deliver your mail because of “animal interference” (a moose was lying in your yard), you might live in Alaska. If you know what “dipnetting” means, you might live in Alaska. If you look out your window and see a bear hauling a ripped-open garbage sack across your yard, you might live in Alaska. If you want to read about such adventures, you don’t have to live in Alaska, just click here.
“Life is either a great adventure or nothing.”
– Helen Keller
Top Ten Items You Need for Breakup
Top Ten Items You Need for Breakup Spring often brings thoughts of blooming flowers, budding trees, and sunny skies. Not so in Alaska. We only think of melting snow, potholes, and filthy cars. Otherwise known as breakup, spring is not a pleasant time in the north....
Field Trip to a Greenhouse
Field Trip to a Greenhouse The calendar says spring is here but all I can see outside my windows is snow. Thankfully, the daylight is increasing dramatically, the squirrels are practicing acrobats in the trees, and the piles of snow are shrinking. However, I still...
Lunging at a Lynx
Lunging at a Lynx Lunging at a lynx wasn’t the smartest thing I’ve ever done. In fact, now would be a good time to state officially that you should never approach wildlife, especially one that has just caught its dinner and wants to chow down. The problem was that its...
Top Ten Tips for Winter Driving in Alaska
Top Ten Tips for Winter Driving in AlaskaAlaska winter driving can be a very spiritually rewarding experience. You’ll at least increase your prayer life quite dramatically and realize your utter dependence on God Almighty. The Lord and I have become close after...
Toilet Trouble
Toilet TroubleI lost it the other day over a leaking toilet. Normally a little water on the floor (ok, in this case, a lot) doesn’t bother me. But on this particular day, it pushed me right off the cliff and into the abyss.We moved into our current home over 10 years...
Dipnetting 101
Dipnetting 101Summers in Alaska are crazy busy for most people because they are so short. Everyone tries to cram in as much as possible before the snow starts to fly again. Our family is no different. We’ve been camping, fishing and hiking almost every weekend. By the...
Dreams and Fears
Dreams and FearsMy husband and I had been dreaming of owning a travel trailer for at least 25 years and this was the year we finally decided to take the plunge. We had done the research and knew what we wanted; a trailer we could pull behind our truck that was less...
The Promise of Summer
The Promise of SummerSummer in Alaska is awesome. Spring, not so much. Several years ago a popular air freshener company put out a new scent called Alaskan Springtime. I’m sure they thought the masses would flock to the stores to buy such an aromatic, fresh and lovely...
Life in Alaska – What’s not to love?
Life in Alaska - What’s not to love?I am not a native Alaskan, nor am I a Sourdough (a prospector who moved to AK and never left), but I am definitely a transplant who moved here and fell in love. My husband and I have been here over 13 years now and we love to...