As I walk beneath the moon to Sam and Lee's

The moon this morning as I walked to Sam and Lee's a little before 7 AM. It was a little bit chilly and I was lightly bundled and could definitely feel the cold, but it was a short walk and I enjoyed it. I could hear schoolbuses blowing their horns here and there on all sides of me. I hoped one would drive into camera range, but none did. As to that line across the moon, I see there is a hair lying across my iPhone lens. I think maybe it is the cause.

That's one trouble with an iPhone camera – keeping the lens in good working order as you take it in and out of your linty and dusty pockets.

Text added at 11:33 AM.

Moon over old Ipalook

This is the old Ipalook elementary school, converted now into offices of the North Slope Borough School District. It is a few hundred yards long and I have temporary office space towards one end of the building and I'm staying in Itinerant quarters towards the other. There is a labyrinth of hallway connecting the two, but there are a few doors to pass through and one of them was locked, so I had to go outside to finish the journey to quarters. I didn't mind at all, because I got to see the moon. Suji Niece, this moon is for you.

Text added at 8:13 AM. Even though the Squarespace nightmare may be technically over, until I can get home and find the time to switch to the new format, I still must live with the consequences of the old Squarespace malfunctions. This means I must add the text from my computer, not my phone. I had left the computer in the offices last night when I walked back to quarters about midnight and have now just returned to them. Hence, the big delay between the posting of the picture and the insertion of text.

Barrow beneath the half-moon

Downtown Barrow, Alaska, beneath the half-moon. The temperature is 19° - above zero. Very, very, warm for this time of year, but standing in the stiff breeze it does not feel all that warm. The big storm blew in a bunch of warm air. I suspect it will cool down pretty fast now, but I haven't heard the forecast yet.

Text added at 10:42 AM. The Squarespace nightmare continues - day 51 and counting.

Winter light: the noon moon over the Chukchi; the seal oil lamp

The sun last rose above the horizon here in Barrow on November 18. It will rise next on

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Six scenes shot from through the windows and door of the Ford Escape

Yesterday evening, I drove to Anchorage to

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