Last spring I wrote a column titled “Something wicked this way comes”. It was about a reccurring spring battle we have with malevolent moose who… Continue reading
I was standing on the deck this week admiring a shifting cloak of deep blue sliding over the terminus of the glacier across the bay… Continue reading
Once again Christmas and the advent of a new year are peeking over the horizon and, once again, the lady of the cabin has transformed… Continue reading
During the last couple of months, certain people were starting to think we were on the verge of some sort of weird cultural Armageddon.Concepts and… Continue reading
I’ve always been a big fan of October.I’m certainly not an art connoisseur but when nature paints Alaska’s vastness with leaves of gold so profound… Continue reading
Once again we find ourselves beyond the autumn equinox where the sunset of summer continues its spiral deeper into the growing dusks of fall.The raucous… Continue reading
A special type of fresh air swept into our world this month.For 16 days, it managed to dissipate the suffocating smog of biased media, mudslinging… Continue reading
Things have been a bit gloomy and wet as of late but that’s just fine because no one wants some brain stem mishandling a slash… Continue reading
The last few weeks have been amazing for numerous fishing buffs pursuing fins on the lower peninsula. Especially if they were able to drag their… Continue reading
Since our last get together, spring has tenaciously sunk its choppers deep into the surrounding environment and is hanging in there like a possessed Pitbull.Gardeners… Continue reading
Everyone has their opinion of when spring finally announced its royal presence.Anxious gardeners started scraping aside indolent wisps of minuscule snow berms dawdling beneath the… Continue reading
I have experienced very few challenges during my graying-hair life that have bestowed the level of angst as the one that I’m currently confronting.There were… Continue reading
The second month of the year has always been a sneaky critter when it comes to weather but sometimes it totally lacks decorum and even… Continue reading
My, my, here we are, once again, in the cuddle clime of Valentine’s Day.This “special” period should have rolled in as no surprise to any… Continue reading
For the next few weeks, a huge segment of the population will come critically close to OD’ing on saturated fats and cholesterol while becoming so… Continue reading
The holidays at our cabin by the sea is usually a primo time to kick it back, reinforce family bonds and strengthen ties with friends… Continue reading
The days orbiting Thanksgiving are usually as quiet as a puppy’s snore in our little patch of paradise. The only sounds drifting through our cabin… Continue reading
Homer claims to be the “Halibut Capital of the World” but if things keep up it may add serious whale watching to the menu of… Continue reading
I’m one of those offbeat types who enjoys the early morning hours where the eastern sky has yet to develop its personality and merely glows… Continue reading
To answer several emails that have rolled in lately, yes, the rumors are true, I also write a summer fishing column for the Homer News.… Continue reading
