This last week has seen me traveling 20 miles (one way) each day. Our road is 30 miles long -which pretty much means I have been traveling from one end of the island to the other, at least twice a day. Between working on one side of the island and living on the other -plus …
This Alaska place. I have had a real strong love/hate relationship with it the past year or so. I love Alaska. I love Ketchikan. I love the rain and the beautiful sunny days and the busy summers and quiet winters. I do. But standing by as friends come and go never gets easy. Being stuck …
Perks to having pilot friends? Seeing random islands from your childhood. A few months ago my parents mentioned to one of my pilot friends that I was born on a little island not far from here. Long Island, to be exact. (Alaska that is, not New York!) Some 25 odd years ago, we left that …
It’s official. I might be just a little bit crazy. Back in October I found myself watching a total of six dogs at once. It wasn’t until after the fact did I realize just HOW crazy I might have been. But somehow -I have found myself in the same position once again, only this time …
A few weeks ago, we were in Arizona. Mom and I had one day together, a car, and nowhere to be…so we punched “The Grand Canyon” into the GPS and took off for a mini road trip. After driving for about three hours we passed a sign that said something about the Grand Canyon, but …
