In spite of being on Capital Hill much of the time, I was still involved in three of the meetings, the battle of the books selection session, and other odds and ends. This is the amazing group of individuals I had the priveledge of working with this past year as president for AkASL. What a […]
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I spent 4 days in Juneau last week at the annual Alaska Library Conference. Though the time was jammed with lots of good workshops I would love to have attended, I spent the first 3 days on Capital Hill lobbying for a bill the school librarians are going to try to put through the legislature. […]
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We woke up to a beautiful sunny Saturday. After a great sourdough pancake breakfast, Bill proceeded to mix up a large quantity of dough from the extra sponge he had put together Friday night. He was all hot to trot to try out a recipe where you cooked the bread in a dutch oven. Here’s […]
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I have to admit, I was not looking forward to traveling back to Minnesota during the busy Christmas holiday season and driving from place to place to place to place to see everyone. It couldn’t have gone any better! We started our holiday down in Alden with Bill’s family. Check out Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, […]
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We’ve had three or four days of clear skies which was nice because it coincided with the full moon. Wednesday after school Jane Haltness and I snowshoed above the ferry terminal as the full moon came up. No camera. Drat! Thursday night two friends and I snowshoed out behind Robe River. It was beautiful with […]
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We heard on Thursday that Friday was going to be a real snow dump and that it would be followed by rain. (This was After, our official 10 feet recorded by the Valdez Weather service!) (Just a random shot of a neighbor’s car) Rain after having as much snow as we’ve had really gets people […]
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Bill left for Hawaii yesterday. Luckily he plowed the drive way and shoveled the sidewalk before leaving. BUT, by the time I arrived we had already had another 2 inches and the roof had dumped on the driveway and back deck. Here’s a picture of Rudy on the front porch right before I came into […]
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Well, the guys are packing up to head to town. Wah!:( It’s been wonderful having Bill with us for the last 10 days. The guys have plugged away on the chair for the past few days. Here’s a few pics of the work in progress. The little birds are loving the new feeder and the […]
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It’s pretty much been snowing steady. We probably have gotten another 24 inches in the past 2 days. This is the view looking across the street at Gilson’s today. Bill snow shoed up Hogsback with friends yesterday. Check out his blog for more pictures. We’ve been pretty much just hanging out playing Farkle, Pinocle and […]
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Christmas began abruptly with a 6:30 am phone call from Bill and Erin. Great hearing from them. Katie was amazed at her Christmas sock this year. Check it out…. Neosportin, tooth brush/floss, Airborn. Pretty much a worried Santa thinking about the upcoming traveler to India. Check out a sample of Erin’s card extraviganzas! No excuse […]
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