Tag: Creation
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Waves and Winds
Mailboxes crammed full of political, mud-slinging, glossy flyers; angry left/right journalism fueled by vitriolic TV commercials; and the awkward avoidance of ‘all things political’ discussions among friends hopefully will now begin to fade in our Nation’s rearview mirror. The recent ‘Blue Wave’ election finds American citizens ambivalently optimistic/pessimistic, uncertain about our Nation’s future. One thing…
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Backyard Beauty and Bulls
Even on a cloudy day, Fall in the Great Smoky Mountains is a breathtakingly spectacular season. It’s one of the attractions which enticed nearly 12 million visitors last year, making it our Nation’s most visited National Parks. Yesterday Ellie and I traveled upward through this awesome color-fest to Kuwohi (formerly Klingman’s Dome), rising 6,643 ft.…
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‘Thin Space’ Stones
An inspiring blogger I follow recently posted about a poignant, mystical presence of her deceased father as her children and friend beach-combed for agates. Wynne prefaces her post, “There is nothing scientifically provable in this story. But it’s still 100% true.” (https://wynneleon.com/?s=Agate+Magic) I too have been blessed with such unscientific, magical ‘thin space’ moments .…
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Elvis, Romeo and Me
The thermometer registered at 28 this morning as I scraped ice off the car’s windshield and gathered an armload of wood to stoke the wood-stove. Outside the wilderness has replaced its forest greens with golden-orange hues as summer exits and fall arrives. Once again its time to bid adieu to the Last Frontier and…
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Anti-aging AI Inhibitors
This past weekend my wife, son and I visited longtime friends who live and run a 5* resort (denalilakeviewinn.com) on Otto Lake at Denali National Park’s spectacular doorstep. Unfortunately overcast, drizzly conditions excluded us from Denali’s (some call it Mt. McKinnley) 30 % Club … only 30% of Park visitors actually get to see a…
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Beauty for Ashes
In 2019 the Swan Lake fire devastated over 170,000 acres of Kenai Peninsula pristine forest. This past weekend my wife and I drove through that area on our way to visit friends … Nature’s restorative power amazed us! What was a barren landscape of charred, skeletal trees and smoldering ashes just seven years ago, now…
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Uncertainty Therapy
The Last Frontier summer is rapidly fading into fall, and this aging ragamuffin’s fall season of life has already experienced winter’s first snows. Uncertainty is a certainty of life. Lately, life’s uncertainties have been edging into my ponderings. A comforting quote I recently heard helps mitigate the ‘worry’ of uncertainty … “Write your plans…
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Cycle of Life
Yesterday we awoke to 2026’s first summer/fall transition snowfall … after all … it is August here in the Last Frontier A short road trip to Hatcher Pass was in order. Here’s a few summer/fall transition snowfall scenes that delighted our eyes with wonder. While Ellie chose to stay in the car, I took off…
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Dolly’s Legacy
Along with countless others, my wife and are grieving Dolly’s passing, only eased by knowing someday we will be forever reunited. Ellen and I are blessed to be able to snowbird between two awesome corners of Creation … the vast Greatland of Alaska, and the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains of TN. Our TN home is…
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Glacial Grandeur
In the Chugach Range lies the magnificent Matanuska Glacier. Creeping slowly forward at a rate of 1ft./day, this 27 miles long, 4 miles wide colossal frozen sheet births the headwaters of the Matanuska River, and is the largest glacier in the United States accessible by car. Practically in our front yard just 25 miles up…
