Have you heard a test of the emergency alert system on TV recently? Doesn’t it seem as though in this day and age of modern communications that the guy who comes on to announce it’s only a test should come through loud and clear and not sound as though he’s trying to talk through an ancient CB radio system?
Mother’s Day
I was emptying a plastic tub of green ricotta from the back of my refrigerator into the sink yesterday and was suddenly struck with memories of my mother and her plastic containers. She saved all her ricotta tubs for storage containers. When she died, the freezer was full of them. If you got leftovers from her, they were contained in one. And if she came to visit your house, she would feel no compunction about going through your kitchen cabinets to see if you had any that belonged to her. If she found them, she’d take them home. And each
Ah, Anchorage in spring
I sit here at my desk. It’s the middle of May in Anchorage. I am in sandals and capri pants. I am freezing. But the sun is out, it’s spring and I will sit here freezing until the sun warms the day. Because here in Alaska, this is what spring is all about.
Voice of the Times
As most people in Alaska know by now, the Anchorage Daily News will not be renewing its contract that allows the Voice of the Times to publish on their editorial page. I’ve received many wonderful e-mails and words of encouragement from people hoping that my column will be picked up by the Daily News. I don’t know what the future holds but I will continue to write and publish. The Voice of the Times may make an appearance in another format and I may follow them. Or something else may happen…for instance, a multi billionaire may fall in love with
Well, that was just plain weird
My eye had to be numbed for cataract surgery which left the top of my head numb for quite a few hours. What an extremely weird sensation. Suddenly it was the sixties again only I wasn’t asking “What the hell was that??!!”
Shooting the messenger isn’t the answer
Last week I wrote a column about the abuse faced by Native women throughout this state at the hands of their own husbands and relatives. The angry mail I received in response was quite amazing for a number of reasons. One is the fact that some letter writers believe that since I am not Native, I apparently am not able to tell when a Native woman is being abused. The second, and perhaps more disturbing aspect of the mail, was how many women who wrote were so angry and full of what can only be called hate because I mentioned
Today I have the first surgery
Today I have my first cataract removed. I am in great fear of the first time I”ll look in the mirror after it’s been removed and I can somewhat see again. Will I see an old wrinkled face looking out at me that will make me want to run screaming from the room? Maybe I should just smear Vaseline on the mirror.
Under the bad mother category
Seriously, who knew that birds could get seasick? I was just trying to get Abdul used to sitting on the handlebars of the bike so we could take a ride together. So I put her on the handlesbars and went out into the circle and went around a few times. She looked at me, opened her mouth and barfed all over me. Or was that a comment on my bike riding ability?
The clean air of Anchorage?
I wish scientists would make up their minds. On the one hand, Anchorage comes in as the 8th cleanest city for breathable air. On the other hand, we have some of the highest pollen counts in the world for people who suffer from allergies. So from what I can gather from these facts, we are breathing in the cleanest possible pollen on the planet. Yea us! Now pass the Zyrtec.
Mike Gravel, hero of the debate
No matter what else you think of him, he was the only thing in the so called debate of way too many Democrats running for the White House that kept me from running out of the room screaming. Can’t we just pass a law restricting running for the presidency until 30 days before the election? It will save us all a lot of money, force the media to follow real news and force the candidates to tell us where they stand in a succinct manner. All of which will contribute greatly to the survival of civilization.