Colorado Creek

After enjoying our first cabin trip of the year in October to Donna Lake, Alana and I made plans to …

Acquiring Wood

Scrunching the sheets into a ball, I place the paper in the stove between the parallel logs.  Once the gap …

Embracing the Darkness

Day by day winter slowly envelops the land. The last of the leaves drop off the trees, snow slowly accumulates …

Forest Inventory Analysis- Year 1: Chicken, Tok, Healy and Kantishna

After moving to Fairbanks in late 2017, I struggled to find something that I actually wanted to do.  During the …

Finding Love in Alaska

There’s a saying in Alaska for any woman hoping to find a partner, “the odds are good, but the goods …

Building a Home Part 2: Putting It All Together and Move In

Building a Home Part 1: Background and Framing As summer transitioned into fall, the rains continued.  I tried to cover …

Building a Home Part 1: Background and Framing

 One idea from native peoples across the world that has stuck with me over the years, having read a number …

In Praise of Dick Proenneke

In 1967 at the age of 51, Dick Proenneke decided to leave the industrialized world behind and take to the …

Energy in Alaska

In the 1960s, oil was discovered in seemingly endless quantities in Alaska. The state had it made and perhaps there …

Food Forest 1.0

The practice and principles made so much sense.  Why doesn’t everyone do this? Why plant ornamentals when you can plant things that give you food?…