What Do I Know?

We’re in Mauritius.   I’ve already written about my ethical concerns of flying to Türkiye.  And here I am in Mauritius.  If we weren’t alre...

The year I studied in Göttingen, Germany, we had most of March and April off.  Hitchhiking was my main means of travel out of town, though i...

We're back in Anchorage.  As we went to the airport in the late afternoon Friday, there seemed to be a lot less smoke blowing from the P...

A link to Capacious led me into a rabbit hole that didn't let go for several hours.  As an academic, I found the first story too real a...

The Alaska Press Club annual conference gives this lone blogger an opportunity to connect with other journalists and learn something.  This ...

Wednesday night my daughter and I went to Bainbridge High School to hear author J.B MacKinnon.  He was interviewed on stage by local Bainbri...

The weather around the world this summer is likely to convince a lot of people that climate change is serious.  That it is changing the cond...

Seems this would be interesting for many of you readers.    Join a livestream of this event Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. Pacific time. Register  here ....

The phrase, "Everything is impossible until it is done" often attributed to Nelson Mandela among others , tells us not to give up ...