I caught COVID a couple of weeks ago and it sucked. I’m not sure how I was exposed, or by…
I was listening to the distinct sound of a woodpecker drumming a few days ago and caught a flash of…
From time to time, we reshare past Refuge Notebook articles. We selected this article as part of our efforts to…
Memory is strongly tied to place. That’s why I can never take the ski from Arc Lake to Slikok Lake…
Adventuring in Alaska has been much better with my fur buddy.
As we at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge seek to know about the living things that call this place home,…
Note: In celebration of the Refuge’s 80th year, the Refuge Notebook articles will periodically feature stories from past members of…
The winter solstice fell on a beautiful Tuesday last month. I woke up to flickers of sunshine peeking through the…
Just a few weeks ago, on Dec. 16, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge turned 80.
Touching down, we could feel the widened skids sink, yet securely, on what was a soggy layer of peat. With…
Over the five years that I’ve written Tangled Up In Blue, a lot has happened that seems so insignificant now.
“One thing I definitely miss about Anchorage are the groomed cross country ski trails,” read the text.
I’m used to the cold, but Alaska’s darkness has proved difficult to get used to.