Walk
For those that know me, this week marks a very difficult time in my life. I am proud to say that I overcame and beat all of the odd but that does not diminish things that I can not change. My friends and family also know that music is a huge part of my life. […]
11 Years at Fortos Fort in Alaska
11 Years! 11 years ago today we bought Fortos Fort in Willow, Alaska on a rainy day by giving my 12-year-old daughter the option to stay in Denver or move to Alaska. She voted to move and we left a wad of cash of several 1000 dollars on the realtor’s kitchen table—he wasn’t even home! […]
A decade at Fortos’ Fort
It is hard to believe that it has been a decade. On July 4, 2010 my daughter, Nicole and I arrived in Alaska and it changed our family’s lives forever. We saw this little house as a possibility to make so many dreams come true. So much has changed over the last ten years. So […]
Youth Gone Wild/Touch of Gray
I can remember it like it was yesterday. It was July 12, 1989. I was really early for a concert and found myself playing hacky sack around the back of the Richmond Coliseum. As I was kicking around the little leather bag I soon found out that it was Rachel Bolan, Scott Hill and Dave […]
Fortos Fort: Seven Years in the Making
Seven years ago today, me and my then 12-year old daughter pulled into the driveway of a run-down cabin in the woods near the little community of Willow, Alaska. We were city slickers from Denver in search of adventure. We had come here to look at a place were we could run sled dogs and […]