Life in Alaska — A View From Homer

Yesterday the biology professor at Kachemak Bay Campus came through the faculty hall inviting folks to head out on her boat for some ...

My daughter is very interested in the sciences and wanted to do an internship this summer, so she started looking around Homer for possibili...

College visits are on our minds for our daughter and there are few in-state options available, with Sitka, Anchorage and Fairbanks the large...

I have found Jakolof Bay to be a great starting point for across-the-bay adventures.  On a recent weekend there, we were treated to 70 degre...

For whatever reason, the sandhill cranes have been hanging out a lot in our neighborhood this past week. Nearly any time I walk down th...

August brings harvest craziness. Raspberries, service berries and black currants are all ripe in my yard. The strawberries are finally done....

Yesterday as I was driving into town, I noticed six boats in the queue on Kachemak Bay to get dry docked at Northern Enterprises Boatyar...