Raspberry Time!
Note: While I’m baking raspberry crisp, it seems like a good time to rerun this post. Hope everyone is enjoying berry season! The end of summer is berry time in Alaska. I’ve written before about berries and berry picking (see…
Writing Tips for Teens #1: Guidelines and Getting Started
I miss seeing teen writers in classrooms and libraries. I wish I could volunteer with our local teen writing club in person instead of virtually. But we’re stuck with what we have in this COVID-19 era. I will provide writing…
Katmai National Park
My husband and I took a day trip to Katmai National Park. It is best known as the home of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and Brooks River, where brown bears congregate to eat salmon every summer. We didn’t…
We’ve had tough times before
While I am dismayed at all the bad news out there, I try to keep things in perspective. We’ve had tough times before. This is from the Alaska Historical Society’s newsletter Alaska History News, Vol. 48, No. 2 Summer 2020:…
The Villain I Love to Hate
Note: This was originally published on the Romancing the Genres blog. Check it out at https://romancingthegenres.blogspot.com. I don’t read a lot of books with stereotypical villains who laugh demonically and have evil plans to take over the world. But I…
