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The Top Ten Ways to Die in Alaska
Death and danger have become cliché in Alaska. Reality TV would have you believe that there isn’t a waking moment in the 49th State that isn’t fraught with the perils of nature looming at every turn...
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“Catching” a Moose
Home from the local “store.” I grew up knowing where a large majority of my food came from, and hunting and fishing has provided the majority of protein in my family’s diet. We ate moose, deer, elk,...
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Moose. It’s What’s For Dinner
Moose Hoof Soup Anyone? (Photo courtesy of Wilson Twitchell) Fall in Alaska means hunting season for many families. In my last post I shared how this isn’t about going out and blasting animals for...
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A Novel Mystery — Do you know this woman?
The Mystery Woman of Mallorca Everyone loves a good mystery. Right? How do you like this one that just came across my desk? An Austrian man is traveling in Spain. A stranger gives him a book that she...
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The Unbearable likeness of a Bear Foot
Too much to bear? I’m not a bear hunter. Early on as a kid I was obsessed with bears, constantly dreamed of them, and imagined that one day I would become some sort of bear hunter. In fact the opposite...
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Alaskan for Gym Membership
Some of my best writing happens when I’m not siting at beside the woodstove abusing my laptop keyboard. Over the years I’ve found one of my favorite places to compose is a bit strange: the chopping...
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Pup & Pokey — Going Rogue with an Alaskan Children’s Book
Pup & Pokey (Written by Seth Kantner, Illustrated by Beth Hill) Despite what you might gather from watching reality shows, Fox News pundits, or movies set in Alaska and filmed far from...
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Learning from Booklist and Library Journal “Books for Dudes”
Not long ago a great Booklist review suddenly appeared on the Amazon Page of The Raven’s Gift. In today’s world it can be incredibly difficult to get a review anywhere and I was fortunate to land some...
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Ghost in the Parka
Let me share with you a Halloween haunting back when I lived in one of the little Yup’ik villages on the tundra of southwest Alaska. The sun slipped beneath the horizon, my sisters and the other...
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Slow Old Days on the Trail
My First “Sno-Go” — photo taken in 1983 on the Kukokwim River, near Akiak, AK You know how every once and while you encounter a photo from when you were a child that brings back a rush of memories?...
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