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’ …
August 2014
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, …