Back in the early eighties, when Juneau’s waterfront was between the mining boom and the cruise ship boom, Puggy Nelson and I would ignore the ‘No Trespassing’ sign, go around a chain link fence and walk out where the abandoned docks rotted on their pilings. There at the end of […]
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On January 2nd I went out back to fill up the wood box and there were deer tracks in the snow all over the yard. It happens every year—first week of January—deer pass within twenty feet of the house. Kind of the deer’s way of saying, ‘Neener! Neener! Neener!’ How […]
Juneau’s got the Boy Scout Camp, Methodist Camp, Running Camp, 4-H Camp, Discovery Camp, Bible Camp, Science Camp, Fine Arts Camp and Dance Camp but for teaching life skills in hardcore self-sufficiency nothing comes close to Homeless Camp. Homeless Camp is pass/fail. Nothing is provided. Show up in town with […]
“They’re psycho crows!” my friend exclaimed. “Every day. Four o’clock in the morning. Caw! Caw! Caw! They’re driving me crazy.” I sympathized with her. It happens every year. Do nesting crows dive-bomb you when you walk the dog? Do they clean out your garden seeds? Do they use your […]