a Denali trip…

Every spring and sometimes fall, on the fringes of the tourist season, the National Park Service opens the road into Denali Park as far as Teklanika Campground, some thirty miles into the park. During the tourist season one can only drive fifteen miles in, if you want to go further you have to make [...]

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unschool and vaccination hypocrisy

I’m relatively new to the blog world (1 week as of this post) so have been browsing blogs to see what they look like, what buttons exist, and what other people are writing about.  I came across an unschooling button, which I had never heard of before, so I followed the link to see what [...]

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owl around us

A week ago we had an unexpected but welcome guest arrive at our house. It was late evening, we had gotten the kids into bed, though neither one had yet given into sleep. Jane and I were both reading, when we slowly became aware of a strange sound coming from outside.
Initially we thought [...]

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bittersweet- thoughts on fatherhood

Last Valentine’s Day I was asked to give brief description on love and fatherhood. Below is my attempt to summarize such a complex relationship, as it occurred to me in that moment of time.
This is a story about love
A father’s love,
And betrayal,
The betrayal of time.
From the time of my daughter’s births,
I have sheltered them
Swatting [...]

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my Alaska

A year ago I was asked to give a brief talk at our church on what living in Alaska, and being an Alaskan, meant to me. A number of us spoke, ranging from people born and raised in Alaska to people just arrived. It was a unique and enlightening perspective on what it [...]

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wisdom

I presented this at our church a summer or two ago, as part of a presentation on wisdom. Several congregation members got up and spoke, each giving their own views on wisdom. This was my take, and hasn’t changed much to this date, a little over two years later.
First off, I’d like [...]

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Fairbanks crack epidemic…..

Fairbanks has a crack epidemic…..

 It used to be that crack was hard to find. It would usually show up unexpectedly, around a construction site, demolition site, or perhaps under a sink or around your hot water heater. Now, it is everywhere.

 If you haven’t come across it, you needn’t look far to [...]

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Book Wars

My wife and I have a book fetish- we love books. Correspondingly we love to read. We surround ourselves with books. Our bedroom, in part because I’ve not put up any bookshelves, has stacks of books on the floor next to the bed, on the bedside tables, the desk. Books we’ve [...]

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