Icicles have been known to kill people!

Today was a holiday. At least for people that have “real jobs”. Here in Alaska we worked around the Fort. We stacked a cord of wood. We checked the propane tank in waist deep snow and even fixed a clogged vacuum. In the middle of it all Michele managed to dang near slice off […]
Snow at the Fort

If one thing can describe this winter in Willow, Alaska it would have to be snow! Even some of the old sourdoughs here in the Great White North say that this is unusual. I love it of course but I don’t know about my back…
NaBloPoMo: Earliest Memory

I am participating in NaBloPoMo this month sponsored by the site, BlogHer.com. Today’s prompt is what is your earliest memory? I have two of them actually and they both are about my dad. It was 1977 or so and we were living in Huntington, West Virginia. I was about to enter school and my mom […]
NaBloPoMo: Do you wish the start of the year was in a different season? Which one?

I am participating in NaBloPoMo again this month on one of the most popular online blogging sites in the world; BlogHer. I know, I know guys what you are saying. A site for ladies? I am 100% comfortable in my own skin. I am not like Lady GaGa nor do I wear silk but my […]
Recipe Rants: Sticky Toffee Pudding
I know, I know, you are asking why is this crazy guy putting recipes on his blog AFTER Christmas when traditionally people cook and bake BEFORE the big holiday. Well, all I can say is you will see in the coming days the method to my madness. Today’s treat is from another Denver, CO restaurant […]