Disclaimer- I am doing this gonzo style which includes wine (no cocaine or handguns though). I will clean it up and add links later, but in the spirt of documenting the…
Last year Amy Meissner and I agreed to be the new Co-Reps for the Alaska region of SAQA. I bet most of you know this, but SAQA is short for Studio…
I started knitting almost a year ago. Well, I will admit to having a random scarf or two in my history, but I had never been serious about it. Then I…
In a couple of days, December 2nd to be exact, the new House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will flip the switch that will light up the U. S. Capitol Christmas…
I’ve been back in Anchorage for a week now, and it is time to get busy, get in sync with the rhythm of another school year–enrollment, school supplies, check-ups, clothing,…
A couple of years ago, I met Mavis Muller at a Rasmuson Foundation Award’s ceremony where she was a recipient of a Artist Fellowship Award. I am not even sure…
When out in McCarthy, Alaska, we live across the street from the Old Hardware Store, home of the Wrangell Mountains Center, an arts, science, and research facility, located in historic…
July 4th is a crazy time in McCarthy, Alaska. Almost overnight, our sleepy little mountain village fills with tourists from as far away as Israel and Denmark. McCarthy, Alaska is…
My last post was all about my McCarthy neighbor Grandma Patt. We’ve been friends for close 15 years, and neighbors for five. We both own historical cabins in downtown McCarthy,…
I decided at the beginning of the month it was time to finish some serious–as in decade old–UFOS. That’s quilter’s code for Un-Finished-Objects. I needed to dig those projects out…
