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I went out to check on the snow conditions of the driveway yesterday.  We'd gotten back late the night before.  Two of the neighbo...

It's still a mystery how birds, like this raven, can survive wearing the same set of 'clothes' at ...

People in California couldn't understand why we still live in Alaska.  "You're retired.  You could live anywhere."  And wi...

It's November 11, 2019.  We haven't had any snow in town.   Friday when I went to my OLÉ Homeless class, it was sunny and comfy and...

There was about 6 or 7 inches of snow this morning when we headed to Seatac.  Someone had plowed a snowy/icy path along the sidewalk and the...

The clouds and rain took a break for the last few days and we've had sun, since Friday I think.  It's a very different look. T...

I'm hesitant to write posts like this.  I worry people will do to Alaska what they did to Washington and Oregon - move there.  But after...

The Literal Snow Job There were about 10 inches of fresh snow yesterday in Anchorage.  Here's our backyard. And here's our mo...

Someone pushed the pause button around the beginning of March here in Anchorage.  It should have slowly been getting warmer.  Some snowy day...

It's October 21, 2016.  Anchorage is getting its first snow. The average first snowfall, according to weather.com is October 15, so ...

As I pulled into the Costco parking lot, the clouds parted, and the skinny trees' shadows blossomed on the wall. And off beyond th...

Our mild temperatures and all the bare pavement we've been enjoying have lulled a lot of folks into thinking spring was almost here.  I&...

For one reason or another, we haven't gotten out much this winter.  Partly because we've been traveling so much and other poor excus...