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The Death of Daybreak on Lemly Rock

ALASKA SHIPWRECK: The Death of Daybreak on Lemly Rock

October 21, 2019 ramblinganglermedia@gmail.com 0

When we towed our floathouses here and settled in, we found a fishing boat on the beach with its bottom torn out and it’s name, “Daybreak” painted on its stern. I’d heard locally that it […]

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Memoirs Excerpt: To the Ruins

Memoirs Excerpt: To the Ruins

September 19, 2019 Tara Neilson 0

The kind and talented Grace Augustine at the website Originality by Design, asked if I would do a guest blog to help promote my memoir Raised in Ruins (due out April 7, 2020) and I […]

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A BENCHMARK MOMENT IN MY LIFE

A Benchmark Moment in My Life

August 27, 2019 ramblinganglermedia@gmail.com 0

On August 6 of this year I turned in my manuscript for my memoir to my publisher West Margin Press. RAISED IN RUINS is about growing up in the ruins of a cannery in the […]

Internet Signal is not Cooperating

Internet Signal is not Cooperating

May 24, 2019 ramblinganglermedia@gmail.com 0

It’s been a while since my sister has been able to post any new content, but the Alaskan Bush signal has been extra difficult the past few months.  So, she wanted me to put up […]

PHOTO JOURNAL: Mail Day

PHOTO JOURNAL: Mail Day

March 4, 2019 ramblinganglermedia@gmail.com 0

I’m going to try out a new format with this blog, since it appears I can no longer send multiple embedded photos in my emails, which was how I previously did my blog (and then […]

WEATHER OR NOT: To Snowbird

WEATHER OR NOT: To Snowbird

February 5, 2019 Tara Neilson 0

I think the tower I get my signal from is frozen over in this severe cold snap we’re having so here’s hoping this gets through. I’ll keep it short with mostly just photos so there’s […]

RAISED IN RUINS: Barbara Cartland in the Alaskan Wilderness

RAISED IN RUINS: Barbara Cartland in the Alaskan Wilderness

January 24, 2019 Tara Neilson 0

Since my dad’s injury I haven’t had a chance to work on my memoir, Raised in Ruins, about growing up with only my family in the ruins of a salmon cannery that burned druing WWII. […]

SIGNAL & TECHNICAL ISSUES

SIGNAL & TECHNICAL ISSUES

December 6, 2018 Tara Neilson 0

I’ve been trying to get a blog to my sister to post from Florida as per usual, but technical problems and an extremely poor signal have made that difficult, so I thought I’d try to […]

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FALL CATCHING UP

FALL CATCHING UP

November 24, 2018 ramblinganglermedia@gmail.com 0

Well, the daylight is dwindling and fall is heading into winter. I’ve gotten behind while dealing with combined health and technical difficulties which have conspired to keep me off-line. I’ll use this post to get […]

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The Princess Sophia: 100th Anniversary of Alaska's Titanic

The Princess Sophia: 100th Anniversary of Alaska’s Titanic

October 24, 2018 Tara Neilson 0

Auris McQueen, a young soldier, wrote to his mother on October 25, 1918 about his “good luck” in securing a berth aboard a Canadian Pacific luxury liner, one of the Princess ships that were well-known […]

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ARCHIMEDES IN THE WILDERNESS
In the Spotlight

ARCHIMEDES IN THE WILDERNESS

by Tara Neilson in ARCHIMEDES IN THE WILDERNESS 0

The question was: how to move a building from point A to point B in the bush with only one or two men? In 2006 longtime Meyers Chuck residents Ed and Marian Glenz sold their [...]
FALL: PREPARING FOR WINTER, Part I
ICE: WHY I'M NOT AN OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATER
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