Destini and Robin…ready for anything… I hate those arrogant ‘update’ blogs. As if the world is waiting, on the edge of their seat, to learn …
2014
What They Did To Me Bum…
If you’ve not been following the sage of the bear/boys/bum injury, here’s a couple of links: Bear In The Back Woods Cruisin’ For A Bruisin’ …
Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’
For the record…I don’t know how to get my blog to stop showing you TWO of the same picture in each post. Sorry. I don’t …
Bear In The Backwoods
The scene… My two boys gathered blueberries from their secret patch near the road. Jars filled, they headed back towards the cabin, Anthony leading the …
Fishing For Elders –
Yesterday the kids and I found ourselves on the Ninilchik beach helping pull king salmon from the water to feed some of the village elders. …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 5-18-14 | Backwoods Mom
BMOM Driving through British Columbia and Yukon Territory is like breaking into a zoo after hours and tearing down the fences. Animals roam everywhere, seeming …
May 17, 2014 | Backwoods Mom
After spending six months pretending we were on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, the adjustment back to cabin life has been a bit of …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 3-9-14 –
Abandoned Mine Carlsbad Caverns Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico A Friendly Mule along the way… I took 1264 …
My Kids Aren’t Learning Anything
“Mom, I need some more language arts worksheets printed,” said my nearly 15 year old this morning, who needs her world aligned at all times …
Where We Are
It’s February 20, 2014. I’m sitting on a barstool on an island, sipping a non-fat vanilla latte, casually, as if I’ve done this before. And …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 2-16-2014
Cutie Birds on the Boardwalk SISTERS! Sunset Pelican Steven Skates the Bowl Luke…the reason they make helmets… Robin wanted to try skating… But her skateboard …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 2-9-2014
HUGE Scenic Sunday full of BIRDS! And some Dolphins. And other stuff too. Dolphins leading the ship from the harbor… Dolphins SO cute! And look, …
Must Be Nice To Vacation All The Time… –
I’ve been asked the same question many times these past months as we travel. “How are you affording to do this? Must be nice to …
On The Road From Concan
This morning the kids and I planned to wake early and leave our little cabin up the Frio River here in Texas. Yesterday we packed …
Y’All Come Back Now, Y’Hear?
“Whaaaat the blaaaazes are Y’ALL doing in Teeeexas?” I keep hearing over and over. Well, they don’t say it like that exactly, but my ears …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 01-19-2014
Kids in front of Downtown Disney, drooling and wishing they were inside. We’ll go before we return to Alaska in the spring. Prickly tree near …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 01-05-2014 –
Placerita Canyon, California at the “waterfall”. Not. Kids had their FIRST ICE CREAM TRUCK EXPERIENCE! And learned about false advertising… Went swimming the day after …
Fragments Of Sanity
It was just before noon on a Monday morning, sometime in the fall of 1988, in Phoenix, Arizona. I stood in my pale blue polo …
Lost In Translation
(If you’ve seen the animated movie, “UP”, you’ll enjoy this. If not, it might be really pointless to read!) Today we sat in our attorney’s …
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig
We crested the hill just before our driveway in the backwoods of Alaska after six months traveling in the lower 48 and my girls jumped …
Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch…
Today on Johnson Lake I think often of this site…ideas for improvement flitting through my head, one-liners jotted down in yellow notebooks, good intentions paving …
Life…and Death…on a Farm
We were lounging in the cabin Saturday evening, arguing over whether MASH dvds were worth generator fuel, when my husband stood to stretch, glanced out …
FISH! FISH! FISH!
For many Alaskans, “summer” means three things for sure…fish, fish and fish! We dip, catch, and net fish…we clean, cut, can, freeze and smoke fish…we …
Life On A Boat
Last night some random stranger invited my niece Amy and I on an evening boat ride around the Ventura, California Harbor. Sure, complete stranger on …
The Sinkhole of Depression
I don’t know when it started, for sure. The feeling of not feeling. A few months, maybe more. But without warning, without any clear signs …
Dads…Who Didn’t Have To Be
Dan and our girl about ten years ago… It’s after midnight, which makes it Father’s Day, and one of my old foster kids just sent …
Remembering The Backwoods
Ever since we left Alaska to winter in California a couple weeks ago I’ve been getting message after message… “What about the cabin? Are …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 08-04-2013 –
They say you never really know your area until you have company…or at least that’s what it seems. This past two weeks my oldest daughter, …
Near Death By Bacon –
Yesterday I stabbed myself in the hand. Not just stabbed, but sawed, really, while cutting bacon. I knew bacon would be the death of me, …
Dreams Delayed | Backwoods Mom
People always remember, with clarity, the moment their lives changed. I remember the moment mine didn’t. In the spring of ’03 I had just finished …
California Adventure Week Two –
Yesterday Luke saw two black widows and a lizard…he has had enough of California and is ready to go home now. Actually, he thought the …