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King Tut goes to the Alaska State Fair
King Tut, and a princess (?). Not the usual Fair fare. It wasn’t the Alaska State Fair that I remember from twenty or thirty years ago. Not that much was missing, except for the fried raviolis, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska State Fair, Bushes Bunches, exhibits, food, King Tut exhibit, Knik River, peanut potatoes
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A small town Fourth with a big time race
The gun goes off for the first wave of the Seward, Alaska Mount Marathon Men’s Race, July 4, 2013. Seward (population 2,700) swells to 30,000 people every Fourth of July. The main draws are the Mount Marathon races, a 3.1 … Continue reading
A sunny Solstice, Anchorage 2013
What to do with a sunny Saturday in Anchorage? It was the weekend for all of Anchorage’s Solstice celebrations — the downtown party, and the Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon, plus all of the regular summer activities — yard sales, farmers’ … Continue reading
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Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, Day 4, and back to Anchorage
Naomi Shihab Nye, the keynote poet, at Monday morning’s opening workshop. Naomi’s a poet (and children’s book writer, novelist, memoirist, teacher, and so forth). She opened with “Oh my God! I thought I had three hours this morning and I … Continue reading
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Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, Day 3
Rich Chiappone talks scene, summary, exposition. This was the last workshop of Sunday afternoon. Luckily, Rich is a very funny guy, lively and engaging. The average age in the group was about half that of the typical group over … Continue reading
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Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, Day 2
Breakfast at La Baleine on the Spit; Jim’s oatmeal with berries on it. It had sides of dried cherries, walnuts, brown sugar, cream, and honey, along with homemade toast, and butter — a morning feast. Fog hung over the Spit … Continue reading
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The Camino, in the rear-view mirror
Here’s the final post in the series about our Camino, with a few days in New York, and our first week back in Alaska.. Sunday, October 7 We attended a wedding today, a New York Jewish-Catholic ceremony with a stand-up … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Camino de Santiago trip, travel
Tagged Alaska, autumn, change, New York City, pilgrimage, snow, wedding
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Rabanal El Camino to El Acebo, and the Cruz de Ferro — September 15
This post should be in the middle of the account of our Camino — and if I ever figure out how to do that, I’ll put it in it’s rightful place. Until then, it will stay here. It was one … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Camino de Santiago trip, travel
Tagged "The Way", Cruz do Ferro, dogs, El Acebo, Foncebadon, Italians, JacoTrans, Rabanal, scallop shell
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New York City days
Two days in New York City — how much can we cram into them? Miles of walking (8 one day and 10 today, some theater, shopping, and plenty of serendipitous (or not) adventures. Jim’s been under the weather a bit, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, travel
Tagged Fairfield, Korean, Madison Square Park, New York City, skyline, Union Square
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