Inching towards spring
Still waiting for progress to occur on the “melting” front. Walking the dog last night, I noticed the setting sun glinting rather beautifully off the snowbanks along the driveway, although by the time...
View ArticleSummer Arts Festival 2013
Fireweed along the Steese Highway It’s another glorious, wildflower-filled summer in Fairbanks and I’ve just finished a 2-week stint teaching at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival! My class was...
View ArticleSunrise in Fairbanks
A week before the solstice, this is what sunrise looks like in Fairbanks … at 12:30 p.m. And this is also as close as the sun will get to our house today. That’s actually the shadow of the hill behind...
View ArticleWinter Solstice 2014
For some the solstice is an important holiday (and may yours be lovely, if it is part of your faith!) but it tends to pass unremarked in the nonpagan world — unless you’re in the Arctic, where severe...
View ArticleTwitter photo dump
The last couple of months, I’ve been posting photos to Twitter because, well … I’m lazy and it’s easy. But, for those who don’t follow me there, or if you just missed a few, here’s a “best of” winter...
View ArticleA walk with a tiny cat
We went for a walk in the sunshine today, and the cat tagged along. Well, at least he seems to be enjoying himself.
View ArticleEvening walk
This evening we hiked up our hill in a direction we’d never been before to investigate a large and suspiciously square clearing that Orion found on Google Earth (we’ve lived here 11 years and we’re...
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