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Entries in Anchorage (39)

Thursday
Oct182012

The Hunt, Fish, Share rally - first glimpse

This is how the rally began - with the Ahtna Dancers taking the stage to do a welcome dance. The rally was held in response to what proved to be a pretty tough summer for many Alaska Native fishers and hunters, in part because of low salmon stocks and in part because of law enforcement agencies enforcing their ways on Native people who fish and and hunt to live, not for sport, with little involvement in the process from Natives, who, on the Kuskowim, staged a protest fishery and found themselves arrested and their nets cut.

I have put together the photographic structure for a story, but have had to delay publication. After the rally ended yesterday, I headed for home but stopped at Jacob and Lavina's to see all my grandchildren, including the two I had not seen for over a month, their parents and to say "hi" to my babysitting wife.

When I got there, I discovered Margie was ill, so I brought her home. She felt worse this morning and so I took her to the doctor. It turned out she was in worse shape than I had imagined. I am sure she will be okay in the medium run but in the short run, she needs some looking out for, so I am putting off finishing this until tomorrow.

I had planned to go the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention tomorrow, but the doc says I had better stay home and watch over my wife. So no AFN for me this year. Wife comes first.

I'm glad this didn't happen while I was traveling.

Sunday
Oct142012

Logbook entry: Transition from Wainwright to Atqasuk to Barrow to Fairbanks to Anchorage to Wasilla - footprints on the airplane window - lights dance outside the jet window - happy cat

Just before closing the door and taking his seat behind the

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Tuesday
Sep182012

Logbook entry: I leave home to go home - transition from Wasilla to the surf of Barrow

Going through security was bad, though. I have told

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Tuesday
Aug282012

The far end of the couch - or - how wonderful it was to suffer this horrible ordeal; how sad, how lonely, to be getting well

Please do not misunderstand what I am about

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Monday
Jun252012

Shame! Shame! Airplane passes over two boys in white trunks; two boys watch Thomas on TV

It was a true shame. Come 3:45 AM, I had actually fallen into a

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