Life in Alaska — A View From Homer

Fall has always been my favorite time of year . The cooling days, the nip in the air, the vibrant colors, fields of dry corn stalks, orange...

I have been looking forward to sharing my berry pickings for awhile now, and finally amassed the pictures to go with the names after a weeke...

Back in March I wrote a blog entry saying that McNeil Canyon School has some of the coolest field trips (Extreme Tubing). Now I get to say ...

We spent Labor Day weekend in Seward and were blessed with 2 whole days of sunshine. When it started raining on Sunday we decided to head h...

Fall is here, and what with school starting for all of us, we don't get away from home as much. We don't have to go far for some b...

I read a newspaper clipping recently about mountain bike trails in the Homer area, and they rated the Caribou Lake Trail as a 2 out of 5 (pr...

Although we still have more daylight than the Lower 48, I begin to notice the return of darkness. We now have to turn our nightlights on, a...