Probably the first thing that anyone in Juneau will mention to an outsider is rain. The second thing is snow. Lots of it. A typical winter will bring 70-100 inches of snow at sea level. Go up to the ski resort, snow accumulation may exceed 300 inches. This section of the journal will focus on…
Category: Non-Fiction
Collection of articles on current issues, reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic, professional development, travel and history
Maps
Part of the journey in writing The Alaskan Chronicles is finding and posting quality map images. That may take some time.
Art
If there is anything that sets Alaska apart from the rest of the US, if not the world, it is its art. Art is everywhere in Juneau. And the best thing? You know what you are looking at (unless it is the high-heel shoe in front of the museum — more on that later). Island…
The House
This is an evolving journal that recalls the memories of owning a house in Alaska and the unique challenges it presented. Owning a house anywhere in the country brings up a unique collection of circumstances. We moved up from Missouri where most of the year is sunny and dry, where temperatures are radically extreme, from…
The Perfect Christmas
I first jotted down this story the day after Christmas in 2011. Wow, fourteen years ago. In previous generations, forgotten letters and scribblings would have been discovered in hidden notebooks and boxes stacked in the attic. Today? It is a chance encounter on your hard drive while browsing through a list of files. — **…