Elise Sereni Patkotak

They marched in minus 38 degrees in Utqiagvik. They marched in a snowstorm in Anchorage. They marched by the millions around the nation and there was not one violent confrontation, not one arrest, not one complaint from the police that the crowd was unruly or disrespectful. Their strength was in numbers. And what numbers they were!

Plus, women try their best to do things peacefully when possible. On the other hand, push us too far and you will find out just how violent we can get.

Orangeman and his minions may offer something they now term “alternative facts” but the Continue reading →

Orangeman has made me ashamed to be an American. We are a country of refugees and immigrants… at least those of us who can’t claim Native American or Alaska Native blood. And now we’ve closed our doors and become a country I simply no longer recognize. Continue reading →

So let me see if I’ve got this right. Orangeman puts his billionaire friends in positions where they can make great profit while screwing the middle and lower classes then institutes hateful policies to distract his racist followers from noticing. Have I got that right? Continue reading →

Our beautiful snow is melted and the crud that is in our streets… and certainly my deck and back yard… that we shouldn’t see until spring is staring us in the face. I could clean up my deck. Or, I could pray for more snow to cover it and give me a few more months before I have to start shoveling the shit.

And for what it’s worth – if you feed birds on your back deck and seeds fall to the ground, you get all kinds of interesting things growing in your yard when spring does finally arise. Continue reading →

Ice and snow today. Rain and ice tomorrow. More snow after that. Ah winter, thou art a hard bitch. And yet I love ye! Continue reading →

Another white knuckle drive home from the airport. It’s been so long since we had a snowy winter that I’d forgotten how hard it was to see in white out conditions. So I am home now and staying here until I can see the difference between my driveway and the pile of snow next to it.

Stay safe out there. Continue reading →

And it’s still snowing! Continue reading →

And how did I spend this day when, above all else, I wanted to be nowhere near a tv or radio or Internet? I spent it with two lovely young men emptying every closet in my house as well as the utility room and getting rid of stuff I brought down from Barrow 16 years ago that I have never seen or used since. Can’t believe how much space I have now. Tomorrow, one last closet and then reorganizing the garage with all the stuff we moved into there, all the stuff that needs to go to the dump (one Continue reading →