ARCHIMEDES IN THE WILDERNESS
ARCHIMEDES IN THE WILDERNESS
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 […]
COUNTERACTING THE COLD
COUNTERACTING THE COLD
Although Southeast Alaska is famous for being temperate, and even in winter we don’t get the kind of snow and cold common to the Far North made famous by Jack London and others, the past […]
The Last Great Spring Herring Spawn
The Last Great Spring Herring Spawn
At this time of the year we hear floatplanes flying low over us every day, in ever wider circles. They’re spotter planes, sent out to search for the schools of herring that spawn in the […]
THE GREAT GENERATOR DIE-OFF
THE GREAT GENERATOR DIE-OFF
“I’m going to rip the head off the Kubota, force penetrating oil into it, and bang on it with a hammer.” It sounded like my dad was outlining his gladiatorial plans for conquering a beast […]
Alaska For Real Raised In Ruins
WILDERNESS LIFE HACK: OTTER COFFEE
6/29/2021 “What did you say?” My sister Megan looked at me like she couldn’t believe what she was hearing. As if I’d morphed into a monster (or our older brother) right in front of her. […]
Alaska For Real Raised In Ruins
Guest Blog: My Sister creating a Painting of my Brothers 49er Themed Alaskan Fishing Boat
6/16/2021 My brother Robin, who splits his time between Ketchikan, AK and Meyers Chuck, AK, our two Alaskan hometowns, wanted me to paint a special painting of his boat the “Sultan”. Hope I did it […]
Alaska For Real Raised In Ruins
The Secret Life of Alaska Fisherman
5/17/2021 Imagine you’re on a trip to SE Alaska in your yacht or your sailboat and you see a fishing boat up ahead of you on a broad bay along the Inside Passage. As you […]
GUEST BLOG: Carla Kirkland’s Alaskan Adventure
GUEST BLOG: Carla Kirkland’s Alaskan Adventure
8/18/2020 One of the things I’ve always loved most about Southeast Alaska is the Alaska Marine Highway System. When most towns are on islands unconnected by roads, it only makes sense that the Inside Passage […]
RAISED IN RUINS: Under Review
RAISED IN RUINS: Under Review
5/8/2020 ”I forget sometimes,” my mom told me recently, “that we’ve lived such a great adventure, and then I read the reviews of your book and it all comes over me again and I think: […]
How to Survive an Alaskan Winter
How to Survive an Alaskan Winter
We were let out of school at 2:30 pm because the teachers of the small Alaskan bush school my four siblings and I attended knew that during mid-winter, by the time we made the nearly […]