Posted in Random Ramblings on Jul 29th, 2008 11 Comments »
Or…What do we do when we are bored around here? If Superboy is bored, he goes outside (despite the weather) and finds some berries, and then comes in to identify them to see if they are edible (sharpening his survival skills, you know). This is Dwarf Cornel or bunchberries. They look like (and actually ARE) [...]
Posted in nature study on Jul 24th, 2008 11 Comments »
Care to follow JBug on a walk around our new yard? We have so much to discover!
Posted in alaska on Jul 22nd, 2008 12 Comments »
What great fortune for us to be able to attend the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics! Far from the spectacle of pomp, parade, and glittering spandex that will soon be taking place in Beijing, these Olympics were casual, warm and inviting, with the joyful, enthusiastic air of a high school track meet. The night we attended was [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jul 20th, 2008 8 Comments »
For example, I am inordinately happy to have found this gem at a yard sale… Internet-linked Children’s World Cookbook … for only a quarter!!! Woo-hoo! I can see us cooking up a feast from different country each week here at Lapaz! I also found a LeapFrog Explorer Smart Globe for a dollar, a large butcher [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jul 19th, 2008 14 Comments »
Literally! Now, don’t get me wrong. The 15 minutes or so of the movie I was able to watch were really good! I WANTED to watch the rest! But this just happened to be one of those movies that, for whatever reason, makes me literally sick to my stomach if I watch it. Something about [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jul 18th, 2008 4 Comments »
Here is a meme that has been making the rounds. Since one word is about all my brain can handle right now, I thought I’d give it a whirl. They don’t come more succinct than this. All answers to be a single word. No more. 1. Where is your cell phone? Non-existent 2. Your significant [...]
Posted in alaska, nature study on Jul 17th, 2008 13 Comments »
Well…we were bored so we spontaneously decided to go ahead and take off for a day trip to Denali National Park, rather than waiting for the weekend. It is only a short 2 hour drive from our house, which is shorter than I thought or I’d have been there several times by now! Ed had [...]
Posted in alaska on Jul 15th, 2008 10 Comments »
That’s what I get asked the most, so I thought I’d finally put up a blog post and fill you all in. The weather up here is gorgeous, mostly. It’s been anywhere from 60 to 80 degrees and anywhere in between, but mostly hovering around the low 70′s or so, which I think is ideal.We’ve [...]
Posted in alaska on Jul 8th, 2008 13 Comments »
Yesterday during my afternoon walk I shouted out excitedly “I found bear poop in the yard!” and EVERYONE in the family came running out of the house to see it. I think we made the right move coming here. I’ll spare you the pictures this time.
Posted in cross-coutry trip on Jul 5th, 2008 9 Comments »
Where the buffalo roam… and the deer (ok, elk)… and the antelope play… Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, and the skies are not cloudy all day! Happy birthday, America! What a big, beautiful country we live in, and I feel very blessed to have been able to see a generous cross-section of it [...]
