An Alaska Life

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 …

We spent most of the day trapped in the house by two friendly bull moose who just don’t realize that next Fall, they may be …

Robin and I trudged through the cemetery in Ninilchik, Alaska in the week hours of the night on St. Patrick’s Day 2013 to achieve these …

Battled the wind in Homer, Alaska to snap this immature eagle devouring a sea otter carcass today. Destini’s cell phone pics…. I totally look like …

Six of the kids on the beach… The kids and I made an evening trip to the Ninilchik Beach today under the false pretense that …

I’ve gotten used to flying in small planes. In fact, I prefer it immensely over large planes. I figure, if a forty ton jet loses …

When winter blends in to the fall that precedes And darkness consumes us and sunlight recedes Tall spears of ice, from the roofs edge they …

It was noon on a sunny summer day last June when Dan and I decided on the spur of the moment to hike in to …

Sandi and I had escaped, kid free…which says a lot considering between us we have twelve children…and were laughing our way across Tustumena lake headed …

Anderson Hill, near Ninilchik, Alaska… In celebration of our first completed week doing our schooling at home…and after all the kids were finished with their …

Gotta love that Billy just came in from work at midnight carrying this guy…guess who’s cleaning fish?

I put in a call to a client a few years back to arrange a trip into the village of Good News Bay, Alaska, where …

Whenever I tell people from the lower 48 that I live in Alaska, I inevitably hear the same question: “Don’t they pay you to live …

The world is so wide here, I can see clear into yesterday from where I stand. This lake was once, a lifetime ago, home to …

Welcome to Alaska!  I’m so glad you were able to drive all this way in your motor home to enjoy this fabulous state.  We love …

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 …

 This time of year in Ninilchik, Alaska, the fishing season is revving up for the summer.  The halibut and king salmon charters are beginning to …

We’ve all seen those, “You Know You Are From … If … ” groups around Facebook lately.  They are kind of annoying, as you scroll …

Object in this photo is closer than it appears… I first noticed her in the distance, blending in to the swampy foliage with her thick …

On more than one occasion I’ve wondered just how wise it is to hang out in bear country, eating greasy hotdogs next to a salmon …

For more than twenty years I wanted to know how to make log furniture…I’m talking cut the tree down, pack it out of the woods, …

Photo courtesy Charles Lampe-Kaktovik, Alaska Yesterday Sandi’s daughter, Kendra, climbed into a twenty foot boat with a group of close friends and family.  They pushed …

Ignore the cheesy grin…I’m much better behind the camera! I’ve spent the last two days at the mouth of the Kenai River dip netting Sockey …

The last time I was rafting on the Kenai River, a bunch of us folded an old Avon raft over the top of a tiny …