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DANGEROUS DINING: Alaskan Sweet N Sour
DANGEROUS DINING: Alaskan Sweet N Sour

DANGEROUS DINING: Alaskan Sweet N Sour

July 29, 2016 Tara Neilson 0

 “What is that?” J. asked in astonishment as we turned a corner on the trail, after helping ourselves to ripe huckleberries, harvesting a baggy of them for a sweet n sour supper.      It was an overcast […]

GROWING UP IN THE POST APOCALYPSE
GROWING UP IN THE POST APOCALYPSE

GROWING UP IN THE POST APOCALYPSE

July 21, 2016 Tara Neilson 0

 “It’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here.” That was what the T-shirts said that could be bought at the tiny store in the fishing village where my grandparents […]

CAUGHT ON CLARENCE: The Strait Strikes Back
CAUGHT ON CLARENCE: The Strait Strikes Back

CAUGHT ON CLARENCE: The Strait Strikes Back

July 11, 2016 Tara Neilson 0

With two kids, a boy and a girl, staying with us we found we needed to make another grocery run across the strait. We were informed by the Little Girl that we were running out […]

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