Part 6. Visitors – human, animal, bird, and wind, again Flying from Fairbanks the other day was amazing.
The wind goes on
Forces of good and evil
Part 5. The continuing saga. Still 1 June 2000. In theory, the guillemots will be back within the week. Given the snow cover, the cold, now the pelting rain, I hardly expect […]
Parts 3 and 4: decade shock and Cooper – 101
Part 3. The following excerpt was actually written upon my return to the lower 48 but it so amazed me that I have to share it. Back to the regular Arctic programming […]
1 June 2000 Cooper Island, Beaufort Sea, Alaska
Part 2 in a series of journal excerpts from time in the Arctic – **note: photos in these posts are from scanned slides… that desperately needed to be cleaned… I never cease […]
Hopes for today's elections
There’s a big difference between what I expect to happen during today’s elections and what I hope will happen, with most of my expectations focused on the federal elections and my hopes […]
Nota Bene #114: Big Star
“The radio makes hideous sounds.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #107: Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” Who said it?
Oh Noes!!11! Glacirs not meltin. Mak IPCC bad!
In case you haven’t heard, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is dead, done in by the nefarious failure to check a single reference in a 3000 page report. Or rather, […]
So long, Sarah
by Pollyanna Sunshine When I first heard about Sarah Palin’s resignation on NPR last Friday, I too was sucked into the whirlwind of speculation—Is this a preemptive retreat from some looming scandal? […]
Where great PR and bad journalism collide: the Denver Post strikes again
Once upon a time the Denver Post was a pretty good newspaper. These days? Well, it’s pretty much like every other newspaper. And that isn’t a compliment. On Sunday last (the 21st) […]
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