Alaska

Carrots, Cranberries, and Contemplation

To answer some questions from the last post…

  • Yes, those are all really carrots.
  • Yes, I grew them.
  • The seeds are all from the same packet.
  • I got the seeds at Bell’s Nursery in Anchorage. They don’t seem to have a website.


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Fall colors are at their peak, and we’ve had insanely gorgeous weather for the past two days. After a cold, wet, and gray summer, I’m spending every minute I can out in the sun and fragrant fall air.

I picked more than a gallon of cranberries both yesterday and today. These are much harder to find in quantity than blueberries, but that’s part of the fun, especially in weather like this.


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Today is Monday the Thirteenth. Isn’t it odd that Friday the Thirteenth is considered ominous while Monday the Thirteenth is not? Since when are Fridays more foreboding than Mondays?

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  1. If you really want to know- the ominous nature of Friday is a holdover from the Middle Ages and the occurance of the Crucifixion on Friday. 13 has long had occult significance and supposedly Jesus was crucified on Friday the 13th.