The City and Borough of Juneau election this Oct. 3 (voting starts by mail Sept. 17) will include a proposed bond issue for $27 million… Continue reading
Waiting is hard. There’s nothing fun about it, unless your mom has established the habit of playing I-Spy in the line at the post office,… Continue reading
My wife and I recently took our grandkids camping at Eagle Beach. Of particular fascination to them (and our dog) were the scores of chum… Continue reading
I voted for the new City Hall bond issue last year. I know a lot about the city’s office situation. I worked there for 12… Continue reading
Gardeners are losing their battle against the invasion of the plant pests.
The Latin roots of the word “symbiosis” mean living together. In the broadest sense, symbiosis refers to any close association of two (or more) different… Continue reading
I am addressing concerns raised in the article, “Inhumane Treatment of Behavioral Health Care Patients at Bartlett Regional Hospital” (Juneau Empire, Aug. 2, 2023). Based… Continue reading
I can empathize with the tenants on Telephone Hill who will be evicted if their neighborhood is redeveloped. Long ago, I was asked to vacate… Continue reading
It appears that Donald Trump will soon be indicted for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. When it happens, he should do what… Continue reading
Waking to the smell of a wet ashtray (which, as a Child of the Seventies, I can still remember), I knew the wind had shifted.… Continue reading
Two years ago this fall, I testified at a Wrangell Borough Assembly meeting in support of yet another resolution calling on the U.S. federal government… Continue reading
Under the mesmerizing dance of the northern lights, Alaskans have always forged profound connections — with nature, with each other and with the divine. This… Continue reading
In a previous column I described several Assembly meetings where actions taken were less than transparent. That column discussed (1) an ordinance appropriating $50,000 to… Continue reading
After a week of rain, I relished the few minutes of sunshine from my glassing spot on top of a ridge. Just behind me was… Continue reading
A very low tide in early August enticed me and a couple of friends out to see what we could see in the intertidal zone.… Continue reading
Changes are forced upon us as the world evolves, and there is little anyone can do about it. Though I want to be a rigid… Continue reading
Good advice for everyone seen in a Gold Street garden. 8-4-23 The hosing of a fish hold causes abstract patterns in the harbor waters. 8-3-23.… Continue reading
The fate of The Walrus, coyotes attack Alaska soldiers and governor visits Alaska Range.
They should start targeting the real threat to wild salmon: habitat destruction
Numbers of adult peregrine falcons on the upper Yukon River in Alaska have decreased by more than a third in the last three years, according… Continue reading
