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… I will never tire of the sight of moose in my yard placidly nibbling on my birch bushes.  My neighbors have a birch that actually managed to grow into a tree and I can watch as the big moose rears on his/her hind legs to reach up to those branches. They do it with such ease and grace for an animal that is seemingly so large and heavy.

Why would anyone ever want to live someplace where there wasn’t at least the possibility of looking into their front yard in the morning to find moose grazing there in the

OK, I don’t want to panic people but…. my brother is about to start his trek south to follow the sun and warmth. Only there doesn’t seem to be any sun and warmth no matter how far south he goes unless he leaves the country. Unlike his sisters, he did not inherit the travel gene and sees no reason why he should ever have to go anywhere again in his life that he can’t reach by car with his golf clubs and fishing rods safely stored in the trunk.

So if you see a rather good looking, older gentleman standing

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Ladies & Gentlemen,
On Thursday, 1/7/10, an incident occurred resulting in our Red Tailed Hawk, “Red”, being turned loose out of his mew.
He was last seen late Thursday night sitting in a tree at the corner of 64th & C. But was not there this morning. ‘Red’ is fully flighted and wearing jesses. He should not be hard to spot, as all of the wild Red Tails have left the state. If you have time to cruise the neighborhoods around BTLC that would be extremely helpful. With many eyes, we may get him back.
If you see him, PLEASE,

… whose keyboard is sticking because their bird pooped on it and they didn’t notice?

As a veteran of the Barrow Booze Wars my heart goes out to the good people of the Bethel region as they wrestle with a problem that seems all too intractable. Booze in Bush Alaska has created more death and destruction of families, villages and cultures than anything since the flu epidemics of the early part of the last century.

So the question must be asked as to why booze continues to be such a demon in this state in general, but in the Bush in particular. 

The statistics that are quoted with monotonous regularity seem to show that Bush

Used to be that the dark and cold winters of Alaska didn’t bother me at all. Hell, I used to live in Barrow where the sun didn’t rise from the end of November until the end of January. I reveled in it. I loved the dark season.

But now I’m older and I’ve noticed that my energy level starts dropping as our daylight drops. By Christmas, I’ve reached the point where getting out of bed before 10 AM just seems like an imposition. Dressing to take the dogs for a walk seems to be an extremely arduous task, rewarded by

I sent my sister a rather expensive box of smoked salmon for Christmas… well, expensive for my budget. At any rate, I accidentally typed in the wrong address and sent the package to 405 instead of 415.  The nice people at 405 delivered the package to her, all salmon intact.  Either they really hate smoked salmon or they are very nice people. I’m going to believe they are very nice people.

If you are ever feeling down and out, go to U Tube and watch the Susan Boyle video from Britain’s Got Talent. If that doesn’t leave you teary eyed and joyful, you have no soul.