I spent the other evening sitting on my deck with the sun shining and the mountains in the background. My birds were all in their outdoor cages and on the deck with me. Baby and Kenya were clinging to the side of their cage, sure that I’d brought them out there for some dastardly motive. Captain and CB sat side by side, resigned to the fact that a couple of times each year I lose all sanity and make them sit in a small cage under a big green thing that sways in the breeze and could contain god knows
Eating bugs
Not only do Blue and Blondie eat grass, but they apparently eat bugs too. As we walk, Blue’s head swivels from side to side with each bee or bug that flies by and then I see her jaws snap shut and then she’s chewing. And all I can think is that this is the same mouth that wakes me up with a lick each morning. I know, I know. Dogs do way worse things with their mouths than eat bugs but for some reason, this is the thing that makes me want to run from the room screaming “EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!”
Alaska takes crown from New Jersey
There is a part of me that wakes up each morning and wonders what fun headline I’ll read today about Alaska’s politicians. I watch the Daily Show every night on the chance that Ted Stevens may be their star again. But in between those moments, I’m mostly sad about what’s happening in our state.
I was speaking to my sister about this recently and she snorted and said, “I live in New Jersey and you want to whine to me about corrupt politicians. Are you insane?” She was right. I grew up in a city whose mayor’s went directly from
I am an Alaskan
And that means I have a god given right to wear sandals and a t-shirt with capri length pants even when the weather is 60 degrees with blowing wind and rain. For me, this is summer, damn it! I’ll wear my summer clothes and thank you all for not getting me committed.
You know you’ve gone around the wrong curve in life when….
You know you’ve gone around the wrong curve in life when you were raised Italian and some of the only remnant of the culture left in your life is that you are snobby about which box of grated cheese you’ll use.
Here’s an idea
Let’s set aside one day a year when no one is allowed to carry a cell phone and see whether civilization as we know it collapses or not. That will be the day I’ll be willing to meet friends for lunch because I know that they won’t be answering their cell phones in what I can only assume is their hope that the person on the other end is more interesting than me. It’s the day I know it will be safe to drive because drivers will have at least one free hand – the other, of course, will be
It’s just wrong
My sister is travelling somewhere in Europe and I’m not with her. Something is wrong with the world.
Up the river
I went up Twenty Mile River with some friends this week for a boat ride. I’d forgotten how privileged I was to live in this amazing state. It was just so gorgeous to go up that river surrounded by mountains and glaciers; to get off the boat and examine bear tracks in the mud; to breathe in air that just smelled good. Alaskans are really the most lucky people in the world. This whole other universe of wilderness is just outside our front door.
Impeach Bush problem
The problem with impeaching Bush is that we end up with President Volde…I’m sorry, I meant President Cheney. Actually, President Voldemort would be less scary.
What happened to our privacy?
My mother raised me to believe that some things were private and should always stay that way. Maybe this is why the current trend in America to make everything public, or at least accessible to the government, troubles me so much. Or maybe it’s because I’ve just lived in Alaska way too long and that ornery streak of independence I was born with has hardened into armor on my soul.
It seems that each day another piece of our lives becomes either government or public property. If we object, we’re told it’s to fight terrorism or for our own good.