I wonder if we all look for signs after someone we love has gone.  Chris had repeatedly mentioned the white squirrel (and Jan (Jamie's mom) had seen it too), but it wasn't until we were all gathered in the van, on our way to his funeral, that the albino squirrel ran across the road in front of us. It stopped on the grass and turned to look at ( Read more... )

I was curious about searching itunes for particular words...never done it before.  And, yes, I just need a distraction =+)  Thanks for the idea, mon!

Instructions: Open up your iTunes (or WinAmp, or whatever, though iTunes is easiest for this I think) and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.

How many songs total: ( Read more... )

Friday I head home for three weeks!  The weather in Juneau has been beautiful the last few weeks and I've been envious.  I went from Alaska winter to a few months of New Zealand fall and now winter (it even snowed today!).  A little alaskan summer will be just right.  And while I've enjoyed being here, I miss home and Jamie.  For the love of all ( Read more... )

But since I really don't want to talk about stress, how about a list of songs I've deemed important for my 2008?  Not songs that necessarily came out in 2008 - songs that I heard, found, and played over and over again for varieties of reasons.  I know I tend to iconize music more than most people, but if you have similar lists I love to see them!

In ( Read more... )

Jamie and I happily agreed to watch our friends' house so they could head out to Hawaii for Christmas and New Year's.  And everything was great - they have a sweet old dog and a very powerful wood-burning stove.  But the day after Christmas I got a gruff call from the harbormaster:

"I need Sean."
I simply replied,"You can't have Sean; he's in Hawaii ( Read more... )

The Onion has lost much of its funny, but I did enjoy this:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/typo_in_proposition_8

It was a great and joyous victory for love and civil liberties.

Our GOL office likes to fly under the radar.  Less attention in our hometown means less controversy, and fewer people looking for money.  It's all great, and since I tend to dislike talking about myself anyway, I have no problem being vague about my work. "I work in ocean conservation" is a good enough reply for most people.  And friends know I don ( Read more... )

   Heading north to Anchorage (for the state fair) and Denali (for some soul-soothing camping) seemed like such a great idea earlier this summer -- after the rains of southeast, the interior is usually a haven of late summer sunshine.  But the night before we were supposed to leave, we checked the interior weather only to find a very familiar 54 ( Read more... )

I would just like to celebrate Sen. Stevens going down, down, down
Stevens to Burn

Some of our non-profit friends might suffer...a little...but they'll find their ways
(happy dance of joy, joy, joy)  Go, Begich, go!

A week to restock and take stock...a week to let the indigo and violet (work-related) bruises fade, to soften the scabbed scratches to new pink skin...seven days to stretch languorously on spruce-needle dusted forest floor and nap on intertidal boulders under a sixteen-hour sun...half a fortnight to fish and gather for the winter and long slow ( Read more... )