She thought she’d never draw again, then came the wolf tracks in the snow (For ADN)
Each morning she found new wolf tracks in the snow. With each passing day, the wolf was coming closer to the cabin.
See Alaska
For The Guardian: Meet Santa Claus, North Pole politician and marijuana advocate
This Santa Claus doesn’t really believe in presents. And he has cancer. But he makes a pretty endearing Santa Claus all the same.
City Notebook: A class Instagram walk on 13th Ave
Here’s a walk down 13th Avenue, mostly in Fairview, through the eyes of my students in JPC201 at UAA.
See Alaska: Juneau (mostly food) in iPhone snaps
What came home on my iPhone after a food-preoccupied trip to visit Aunt Maridon in Juneau a few weeks ago.
For Alaska Magazine: Donuts on the edge of the world
Everything in Adak used to be something else. City Hall used to be the high school. The store, which is only open two hours a day (because after that electricity costs eat all the profits), used to be a community center. The Navy-issue hutches holding beer and wine at the liquor store? They used to be in some- body’s living room. The Bluebird Café (one of two restaurants in town) is in a house on a suburban-feeling cul-de-sac. The only way you know it’s a restaurant is the “Open” sign out front. About half the neighboring houses are empty.
See Alaska: Bear TV in Juneau
We had a front row seat to watch two bears making trouble in the Starr Hill neighborhood in Juneau. (With video!)
See Alaska: A beach walk on Yukon Island
I first went to Yukon in the summers as a child (And my mom before me). The place is magic. Take a look.
Point Hope (food) in iPhone snaps
What do they eat in Point Hope? Here’s a peek at what’s on the plate during the spring whaling feast in one of America’s most northern communities.