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When I taught English in Thailand as a Peace Corps volunteer in the late 60s, there were 'hill tribes' up in the mountains to the we...

Before the fire trucks, in fact yesterday, Sunday, we were at the Anchorage Botanical Garden Spring Conference downtown at the Dena'ina ...

We're on Bainbridge Island visiting with family for Thanksgiving.  I've been walking more than biking just because a) most roads her...

From USA Today : Republican Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale released a statement on his vote against S.B. 475. “Let’s call an ace an ace," ...

 I used to try to put something clever up on April 1.  My favorite was  Palin Announces Conversion , with this image I put together back in ...

Springtime In Anchorage Spring in Alaska is different.  We still have a significant amount of snow on the ground.   And streets look like st...

European royalty was assumed to be anointed by God.   From Wikipedia: "The divine right of kings, divine right, or God's mandate ...

Oliver left this message on my Memorial Day Covid Count post in which I questioned the extreme level of honor we give to all military and ve...

The shopper texted that there were no matzahs the other day. So, we just had to make our own.  Google helped with a couple of recipes and ...

One's political loyalties, are, at base, emotional.  Whether you're for Trump or against him, emotions play a big role. Trump does...

Privilege is such a loaded word.  No one wants to believe they have 'privilege' that others don't.  At least not undeserved priv...

It's Labor Day.  And as the president foments anti-immigrant anger and violence, and unions are weaker than they've been in over 50 ...