Once again, let’s welcome Mudflatter Mrs. D, aka the Mudflats History Department Chair. She continues her adventures in the nation’s capital. ********************** The World War II Memorial by Mudflatter Mrs. D Our stop to the World War II Memorial was personal. My dad was a “kid” of 20 when he fought with the 110 Infantry, [...]

Bill Sherwonit has been a freelance nature writer since 1992. His most recent book, “Changing Paths: Travels and Meditations in Alaska’s Arctic Wilderness” is now available HERE. For nearly a quarter-century, Bill has written extensively about wild lands and wildlife. Though he continues to journey into the wilderness each year, he has also paid increasing [...]

I remember back to August/September of 2008 when then-Governor Sarah Palin was the VP pick of John McCain. I was watching the news and Jason Moore of KTUU was covering the Republican National Convention. My jaw dropped when I saw State of Alaska employee, the Governor’s Communications Director Bill McAllister* chatting with Jason Moore about [...]

Here’s another great one from the Northernmost member of the Mudflats Art Department, Jamie Smith of Ink & Snow.

By John Aronno Alaska Commons Friday night, in Kodiak, hosted a Chamber of Commerce sponsored gubernatorial debate centered around fishing and the Sea Food industry in Alaska; an industry that is second only to oil, in terms of revenues, and is the largest private sector employee in the state. Alaska is quickly separating herself, as [...]

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Alaskans have been watching with increasing horror as their “reasonable” “moderate” Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has embraced the power and influence of Republican Party leadership.  What that means is more toeing the party line, more corporate influence, more bad decisions and less worrying about… um… shoot.  What was that thing again?  It happens every six [...]

Well, here’s the new fence. It’s quite the… fencetrosity. The whole thing has the look of someone taking an already high fence, and then finding another fence like it only of a different color, and stapling that fence on to the other fence, only a couple feet higher, creating some kind of awkward layered fence [...]

SP 2.0 What? Someone in the governor’s mansion in Juneau whose initials are SP is blurring the lines between administrative and campaign functioning?  (hand on heart)  Why I’ve never seen such a thing! Candidates Ralph Samuels (R) and Bill Walker (R) appeared before the Fairbanks Republican Women’s forum Sunday, with (Governor Sean) Parnell (R) participating [...]

It’s been a few days since the Palins learned Joe McGinniss moved in next door.  Love thy neighbor as thyself, then build a fence. “Fences make good neighbors,” promised her Facebook blog. Not sure at which of the five colleges Palin studied Robert Frost’s Mending Wall, but I think she missed the point. Perhaps it [...]

I’ve got a real treat for you tonight, Mudflatters!  It’s time for ”Troll of the Week.”  There are all kinds of trolls that pop up in the back room of the Mudflats.  I suppose it’s kind of like the “mud room.”  They get in there and I can fling them out into the mudflats before they [...]

UPDATE:  Tune in tonight to Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC.  Rick Steiner will be Keith’s guest during the first hour. Lessons of the Deepwater Horizon disaster By Professor Rick Steiner, Conservation and Sustainability Consultant, Anchorage Alaska Member, IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy If one of the hallmarks of intelligence is the [...]

You know him, you love him.  Here’s another from the man of mystery and head of the Mudflats Art Department, the one…. the only… flyinureye on Whatsername’s second book due out just before Christmas.

Time to pop the corn, folks.  Joe McGinniss, author of the epic political best-seller The Selling of the President about Richard Nixon, Going to Extremes about the Alaskan pipeline days, and others has his sights set on Sarah Palin. She will be the subject of his next book, and now she’s also… his neighbor. McGinniss is also [...]

This beautiful work came across my radar today. Artist Zel Hunt created “Mudflats” from oil and mixed media in February of this year. You can enjoy the rest of her website HERE. Wonderful.