what is behind….

I heard an interview with a man named Brian Buffini yesterday. He wrote a book called “The Emigrant Edge: How to make it big in America”. He mentioned this quote….and I thought that it was pretty powerful. What a lesson! … Continue reading

aroha

I saw a video and the woman had this word….AROHA…. tattooed on her arm. She was down in New Zealand…..and I didn’t know what it meant when I saw it….so I looked it up. It’s a Maori word. Do you … Continue reading

Our Alaskan Winter, 1949

I’m thinking about snow a lot these days. There’s a certain romance in thinking about “rugged individualism” and the great white North….but, in reality, snow can be kind of a pain in the rear. What good Norwegian would say something … Continue reading

Ice Cream and Lemonade…a Christmas tradition….

This is sort of a tradition…. After a number of years of re-publishing this at Christmas….it’s become a tradition. That’s how traditions start….you just do it over and over. Easy. That’s a good thing. A friend in Alaska who I … Continue reading

spry

I hope that I don’t get old enough to be described as “spry” anytime soon. But….if I was really old, and someone was describing me as “spry”…..well, I suppose that it would be a compliment. I guess the problem is … Continue reading

watching people do stuff

I guess that there’s all sorts of stuff that people watch on the internet. This is the kind of thing that I like to watch. A dude fixing up a cabin in the snow is a good thing to watch. … Continue reading