Category: Alaska

December’s Bad Rap

By Jen on December 20, 2013 • ( 4 Comments )

Colored lights on the ceiling, candle lights and candle in the window, beaded snowflake on the window.

Many people dread the snow, cold, and dark of winter. I am not one of them.

Sunslide, Sunslip

By Jen on December 17, 2013

Alaska sunrise: the slides out from behind a mountain

Just how short are December days in Alaska?

Moose Munch

By Jen on December 16, 2013

Moose tracks in the snow and munched raspberry stalks

Raspberries pruned: check. Moose: Quality, dependable service, year after year.

My Great Pumpkin

By Jen on October 30, 2013 • ( 8 Comments )

Since I’m not decorating my home for Halloween, I’ll decorate my blog. I did, after all, make the effort to grow a Great Pumpkin. This was my first attempt at pumpkins. It […]

Life in Aialik Bay

By Jen on October 23, 2013 • ( 5 Comments )

Join us on a canoe trip to upper Pederson Lagoon and paddle around cool icebergs.

Bloody Creative Cooking

By Jen on October 16, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

One of the thrills and adventures of caretaking is discovering what kind of lodge food is left over and available to us. We’ve had caviar, capers, and eleven-pound blocks of chocolate at […]