On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
With my parents in town for a short visit and Alaska Day festivities (namely, the parade), it was a pretty full day. My dad wanted to check out a patch of cranberries he had noted this summer along Beaver Lake trail. The only time really had for that was this morning before the parade, so … Read more
Last week I went to a presentation put on by the group that would like to protect a collection of E.W. Merrill glass plate negatives by purchasing them from the remnant of Sheldon Jackson College and donating them to the Sitka National Historical Park. Part of the display were many prints that people had and … Read more
Connor, Rowan and I took advantage of a nice sunny day to go for a walk around Starrigavan to see what birds might be around, then stopped where the Northern Mockingbird has been hanging out and were successful in finding it. The estuary at Starrigavan was fairly quiet, with some Song Sparrows and Pacific Wrens … Read more
It was sunny this morning and originally I had been thinking we would go out to Starrigavan, but instead I opted to stop by the Path of Hope on the way to Sea Mart. We spent some time at the Path of Hope, I didn’t notice any particularly unusual birds, but did enjoy sitting on … Read more
Download Radio Show The 12 October show featured a conversation with Taylor White. We talked about the Sitka Sound Science Center aquarium where she works, and about sea star wasting, which has recently hit areas near Sitka pretty hard. If you have questions or observations you want to share, please feel free to leave a … Read more
Although I had quite a bit going on with a planning call for a new call series (that starts tomorrow), I took a little extra time to walk to language class. It was a sunny warm day, but given that it’s already well into October, I was a little surprised to see some flower flies … Read more