For those of you anticipating the release of Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin, co-authored by Palin insider Frank Bailey, award-winning author Ken Morris, and humble blogger Jeanne Devon, countdown week has begun! If you are interested in getting the latest information regarding author interviews, media coverage, reviews and interesting little tidbits about the book, please [...]

Alaskans are a bunch of people who want to be around a bunch of people who don’t want to be around a bunch of people. By Shannyn Moore I once saw a bush pilot restart his plane with the gum wrapper off a piece of Big Red. I asked him if it would work. He [...]

I promised this for yesterday. Well, it’s a day late and the blog didn’t cooperate, but here it is — the Anchorage Civic Orchestra directed by Phil Munger performing Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf.” Your narrator is our own Shannyn Moore! Here are a couple of photos I grabbed in the beginning. FYI — Concertmaster [...]

The gavels were banged and lawmakers sent home. The governor, hoping no one does their homework, put out his spin. House leadership would be held back a grade if they were in school instead of Juneau. The governor? Well, he’d be expelled for disruptive behavior, bullying, not playing well with others and throwing the state [...]

Last week a woman called my radio station. She squealed at my producer, “Who is this woman? She sounds like a LIBERAL!” There is a good reason I sound like a liberal: I am. And the caller would be surprised to learn that this puts me right in step with the history and the foundation [...]

I had planned to post the video(s) of the absolutely wonderful performance of Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” by the Anchorage Civic Orchestra and Shannyn Moore as narrator. However, the download seems to be taking FOR-EVA! (It couldn’t POSSIBLY have anything to do with the video game being played on the other computer…nooooo…) Ya’ll will [...]

If Friday was any indication, today should be a beautiful, warm day perfect for lawns, gardens, parks, etc…However, when I looked at my Facebook invitations, it seemed that EVERYONE decided to do SOMETHING on May 14th. Since my daughter has her own band practice on Saturdays, I had to narrow my schedule down to several [...]

Another sign of spring – the creek is open!

It’s time once again for the little segment we call “Troll of the Week” because it sounds better than “Troll of an Undetermined and Random Time Interval.” Every once in a while a particularly fascinating troll will wander across the mudflats and end up at our back door. There are lots of trolls of the [...]

The thing that consoles me when I write about local issues, is that our characters here in Alaska (even though many of you are from elsewhere) are so incredibly over-the-top and ridiculous that they can be appreciated in their own right, just for the entertainment value. It’s like writing a book full of short stories [...]

A great way to spend a few hours on a Saturday afternoon! Click the ad in the sidebar —-> to visit the website for Grassroots – one of my favorite stores here in Anchorage.

So how completely impressed are we with our new Assembly Chair Debbie Ossiander? Just as impressed as we were with her the last time she was Chair. And that would be… not at all. Her ignominious rise to the top spot hinged, apparently, on her loyalty to Mayor Dan Sullivan, and she’s been eager to [...]

The snow is melted from the lower elevations of my little valley, but it’s that strange inbetween time. There is still a hard frost at night, but days are getting increasingly sunny and warm. And we’re still waiting for the emergence of any kind of significant green things from the ground and on the trees. [...]

By Patrick DePula   During his gubernatorial campaign, Governor Scott Walker consistently labeled the $800 million Wisconsin received in federal high speed rail funds as a waste of tax payer dollars, an Obama Administration boondoggle, and completely unnecessary.  Shortly after winning his election, he got his wish; US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood happily took back the money [...]

  This is a copy of a little sign my dad had hanging in his office.  As they say in New Jersey, he had a great “sensayuma.”