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Nothing Works in Alaska ( A Sestina)
A new sestina, full of half-truths and whole truths and repeated words.
The first six stanzas use the same end words, repeating in a set pattern, the last uses all six words in three lines, in their original order.
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So, not surprisingly, the US has killed more civilians in Afghanistan in the last year than the Talaban has. link -
videos
These are late, but..
Here are sea lions, in all of their glory
and a short clip of a beautiful humpback whale that we got to watch for a while
And this is the last one. Its a little longer but totally worth it. From this day.. its the fish jumping upstream to spawn and die, and the grizzly bear. This video is a little longer but totally ( Read more... ) -
More solstice (and you wonder why its the longest day ever..)
i just got this picture from a friend. this is how we rode back from the solstice party in my freind's car, down a really long bumpy gravel road....
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Kenai Fjords
Last week went on a boat to Holgate Glacier and saw lots of humpback whales, sea lions, sea otters (the cutest animals ever), puffins, and a ton of other things. we may have seen a few orcas, but didn't get a close enough view to tell.
holgate. notice how big it is against the small boat in front of it:
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last Thursday was the longest day of my life....
...because it was summer solstice in Alaska!
cooper lake in the wee hours of the morning:
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Villanelle
Roads are unraveling and rivers run dry ( Read more... ) -
bears and...bears. oh my.
Yesterday was my day off. Mid-day, I laid in my messy, small tent, and the sun beat down through the thick white canvas ( Read more... ) -
a hole that's growin deep
a bear across the road and
a gravel grinding thin,
a mountain in my throat
and a needle that don't mend,
a heart that swallows whole
then goes back and tries to chew,
a hole that's growin deep,
it's burnin me, it's burnin you. -
Roadtrip Highlights
After three weeks of roadtriping I'm finally headed to Alaska tonight!
Here are the roadtrip highlights:
I spent a few days at the beach in Mexico with James, my Aunt Becky, and my Uncle Ray
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