The Earth is Round
This is just a short note to help those of you that are on the fence over whether the Earth is round (a sphere ) or flat. I’m sitting at the Worsfold dining table, watching the sunset with KBBI on …
Merry Christmas Happy Pasta Day
I haven’t been an atheist all my life. I can remember the magical feeling felt by children and their parents in the season and the wonderful feeling of the spirit of giving. I may not have the privilege of waking …
I’ve Been Adopted
Meet Madonna I promise that I will not be constantly harassing you with photos of the latest precious shenanigans of my new roommate. So far she is a bit camera shy, so that should not be a problem. I got …
One More Trip
Got a few loose ends to wrap up back in Bend so I decided to fly and use the opportunity to visit the “chillen”. No sign of winter here yet but summer is definitely over. So it snows a bunch …
It Is Done
Some time earlier this month Teri and my legal separation was converted to a divorce. I thought I should make some changes to commemorate finally reaching the end of that “journey” that I began three years ago. First a new …
Parked In The Revetment
Sorry for the inside reference; I’ll explain. The flight line parking area for our Hueys had individual parking spaces for each aircraft. It had 50 gallon drums filled with dirt and sand bags on top to protect the aircraft from …
The Lull (?) After The Storm
All company is safely back home and the reds are hammering us. Very good daily count past the sonar and the commercial nets are not fishing again today. The test fishing out in the inlet shows that there are still …
Fish Camp
Up here that means only one thing; a camp set up in a seasonal location for the sole purpose of harvesting a years worth of fish in a few months during the short arctic summer. There is usually lots of …
Backbones and Heads
Bill and I got a couple of nice halibut so we had a fish fry to make room in the freezer. He had enough backbones and heads to feed about a dozen people with leftovers. There was enough food for …
Springtime in Alaska
You know it is spring in Alaska when the swallows return,The new calves are introduced, and you kill your first mosquito of the season. The first to hatch are really big and slow. All three happened yesterday.