Living an Unfinished Adventure
We are all living in cages with the doors wide open
The children took us for an October walk in the woods I was supposed to talk about the food chain but became distracted to fixation on the decomposers Which do their work quietly, obedient and consuming. But why is it done in such colors that accessorize the forest in bright tones? It is not done shyly, but celebratory. This blatant stalking in the footsteps of... Continue Reading →
Wednesday: I drive my youngest out to equine therapy and swallow hard when I pass the Old Glenn Highway exit, picking up a string that winds down the Old Glenn for miles. It stretches behind me as I keep going forward into the sunshine on snow, lately it feels like that's all we can do.... Continue Reading →
The world is replete with quotes inspiring us to push the boundaries of fear and become greater because of it. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller ”Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” Ambrose Redmoon “Always remember, it’s simply... Continue Reading →
In Alaska, this time of gratitude begins with the scraping of leaves, the last, dismal voices of a season. It arrives fortuitously, when I and the land are suspended, like a deep gulp of air before the brilliant, frigid flood of snow washes over us. With the work of an entire summer grinding into nitrogen... Continue Reading →
Like countless school children before me, I blame it on the dog. Our poor pet sitter planning forced us to back out of a float down the glacial fed Matanuska, with plans to camp along various gravel bars over Labor Day weekend. So we scoured the bucket list for a three day camping trip that... Continue Reading →
The vibrance of summer is paling, its sunlit greens draining with the chlorophyll as these northern latitudes shy from the sun. And with it bleed the memories of our escapades, words and images tangled on my desk, tiptoeing through my late night thoughts before I anxiously turn, leaving them yet again, to a colder tomorrow.... Continue Reading →
We could feel autumn's presence, trysting in as the sun went down and slipping out again with the coming of morning, so we planned a last camping hurrah. Meeting the train in Girdwood, we clambered ungracefully aboard, hefting the new-to-us, aging raft into the tall baggage car. I have raved of the Alaska Train, and... Continue Reading →
Lost in the crowd Lost Lake is the reason we started backpacking as a family. It has been the goal I've been edging us towards for the past few years. Luckily, along the way, we’ve gathered families we enjoy backpacking with, so it all came together in a splendid clamor of bodies this summer. I’d... Continue Reading →
I kept one eye on the sea, as it sinuously stroked the rocky shores, kelp slowly fanning with each pulsating lap. Tentatively, reluctantly, the water’s liquid reach slipped further and further down the pier posts as it was dragged away from us and toward the moon’s swaggering presence. Barnacles closed up, their grasping, feathered fingers still... Continue Reading →
Living an Unfinished Adventure 