Relationship advice: On New Year’s Day, my wife announced big changes but frankly, I’m barely keeping my head above water in these crazy times. Now is not the time for big changes.
Discarded evergreen trees provide entertainment, novelty and sometimes a snack for moose, wolves, musk ox and other animals at Anchorage’s zoo and the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center.
Travel bans, quarantines, consulate shutdowns and visa problems all are rooted in political decisions (and exacerbated by public health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic).
The sun rose in Utqiagvik on Friday for the first time since November, signaling increasing daylight throughout the U.S.
A viral internet meme featuring Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony was quickly embraced by Alaskans, taking him everywhere from the “Into the Wild” bus to Utqiagvik.
Recipe: Tahini, sesame paste and avocado add creaminess to this dip — a guaca-hummus of sorts.
Gardening: This is the best time to look at Alaska garden possibilities and prepare for the upcoming season.
Histories of Anchorage: Some Alaskans get a little carried away by the creative power of street naming.
Relationship advice: I thought I’d get in shape, see my friends again, maybe find a boyfriend. I thought 2021 would be different. So far, it’s been more of the same.
Electronics are fallible, and they can rob a generation of basic knowledge.
If you need to fly somewhere right away, your Alaska Airlines miles can come in handy.
Gardening: There’s a ton of great writing about organic gardening that can be delivered to your email inbox. And why not peruse the news from Australia, or England while you’re at it?
With new rules from the U.S. Department of Transportation, most major airlines have limited which animals can be in the cabin.
The second-biggest ski jumping club in the country, Team AK has 54 members, and about 90% of them also compete in nordic combined.
Alaska history: Time magazine wrote, “There is undoubtedly a good movie to be made about the Alaska pipeline . . . But ‘Pipe Dreams’ is not it. The old Yukon hands would have had a word for this pallid melodrama: mush.”
Advice: I worry there will be restrictions in place and they won’t have as much fun as if they waited a year. They are antsy and my mother even said, “Even if you don’t want us to, we’ll come and just have our own trip.”
Since demand is down, airfares are down — and those intending to travel can find some great deals out of Anchorage.
Recipe: What to do with crispy spicy tofu? Eat like hot fries dipped in a sauce. Top soups, noodles, or rice bowls. Pile onto bread with pickled veg for a vegan banh mi sandwich.
Alaska gardening: Here are online sources for seeds, plus the one heirloom seed catalog worth getting your hands on in hard copy.
In 2014, a local domestic violence advocate wrote, “Time and time again, battered women I met with indicated that Muriel’s death was used by their partners as a means to maintain control. ‘Leave me and you’ll go down like Muriel did.’”
