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That was a 7.0 M earthquake!

Posted on December 14, 2018 by admin

As I write, several schools in Southcentral Alaska are closed for the year and administrators and educators have worked hard to rearrange students populations at other schools. The major earthquake that shook Anchorage on November 30 happened while I was … Continue reading →

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Season of Cheer

Posted on October 23, 2018 by admin

I know, I know, it’s not even Halloween yet! We’re talking back to the early Christmas ads at my house, too. But I’ve already been invited to Holiday Bazaars and craft shows that start in late October. And besides, I’m … Continue reading →

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Something Old, Something New

Posted on May 9, 2018 by admin

Remember the mid-1990s? Cell phones really were the size of bricks, and selfies required a tripod and a timer. My first personal email address was newly minted, and I was trying to conceive just how the Worldwide Web might be … Continue reading →

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Writing Time

Posted on March 12, 2018 by admin

That’s me, a Word Worker. This shot of my favorite T-shirt reminds me why I’d best stick to non-fiction…and makes me want to enter a deliciously bad writing competition. I’ve tried writing a long work of fiction. I wasn’t as … Continue reading →

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Like Bobbie the Wonder Dog, I’m Headed to Oregon

Posted on January 5, 2018 by admin

I’m looking forward to reading Bobbie the Wonder Dog to an audience of Oregonians during a noon-hour talk on Friday, January 12, at the Albany Public Library. I’ll share details about Bobbie’s walk across America and the research I undertook … Continue reading →

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Then and Now

Posted on December 12, 2017 by admin

A long while ago, I teamed up with Iditarod photographer Jeff Schultz for an Epicenter Press book titled Iditarod Country: Exploring the Route of the Last Great Race. It was released in February 1998. After a good, long life, that … Continue reading →

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A Whirlwind Week in Finland

Posted on November 8, 2017 by admin

I carried the Alaska flag with me as I traveled through Finland during the last week of October. I was there at the invitation of the U.S. Embassy, presenting all over the country in a speaking program titled “Arctic Dialogues: … Continue reading →

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Packing my Parka

Posted on October 19, 2017 by admin

No, I can’t speak Finnish either. Thank heavens Finland’s population is progressive and most of them can speak English, because I’m about to fly off to the other side of the world to share Alaska with our friends abroad. I … Continue reading →

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Bookin’ along the Iditarod Trail

Posted on August 29, 2017 by admin

Iditarod musher Aliy Zirkle is on a different kind of trail this week, traveling the western coast of Alaska without her huskies and dogsled. With help from sponsors Marston, ExxonMobil, and the Iditarod Trail Committee, she’s flying in to schools … Continue reading →

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To Market, to Market

Posted on July 21, 2017 by admin

              I’ve teamed up with fellow members of the SCBWI (in English, that’s the Society of Children’s Books Writers & Illustrators) to meet our readers at the Saturday Market in downtown Anchorage. It’s not a weekly … Continue reading →

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