More than a decade ago this page was a crutch as I limped through parenting a lot of kids…and then one day I just stopped writing. I don’t remember why. Maybe I didn’t need it anymore. Or maybe life defeated me in ways I didn’t want to explain and so I just…didn’t.
To see what I’m writing now, click on my SUBSTACK. Follow along. Let’s see where this goes.
Latest Stories
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Trial Sized Tot Takes Down Teen »
Last year my fifteen year old son, Billy, made me a grandmother. Not in the “Oh, for the love of God, why ME,” way that my parents must have felt when I was knocked up at sixteen…but in the form of a computerized plastic doll assigned him by his health teacher. Three days of simulated…
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Not Exactly The Breafast Club »
For those of you who either don’t have kids…have really good kids…or didn’t have any fun when YOU were a kid, “detention” is when you have to stay after school as a punishment. Generally, the kid has to spend an hour in a classroom with a bunch of other rule-breaker kids being stared down by…
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Native Youth Olympics »
My boys play basketball with vigor, ride bikes nonstop and roll in the dirt for fun. But their favorite activity…by far…is the Native Youth Olympics. The programs events are based on the life skills of past generations of Alaska Natives. They simulate their hunting and survival skills and are intended to strengthen and create a…
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What’s One More? »
This afternoon, as Dan woke for his night shift 800 miles away, he received my text that we were taking in a seven year old boy for a few days. “He’s cute,” I said. “I want to keep him.” I like to harass Dan with such statements from afar. I can imagine his hair falling…
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Alaska Myths…Proven and Debunked! »
Having spent the better part of my 39 years in Alaska, I’ve heard just about all of the questions you can imagine. Before I even start, I’d just like to say, there ARE NO PENGUINS IN ALASKA. There. Whew. Here are some more….I’ve taken MANY pictures to prove em. There ARE wild animals roaming around:…