(Are we all pretending it’s Tuesday due to my lateness? Great, thanks!) The past few weeks we’ve came to a serious realization that our time in Alaska has an expiration date. Whispers of potential new duty stations at his work, and the end of the year looming means 2015 is almost here. 2015: the year…
Travel Tuesday: Mt. Healy
I was not what one would call “outdoorsy” before I met my husband. I detest camping, bugs are gross, and nature was always more of a hassle than an escape. And then my husband (boyfriend at the time) took me hiking in Sierra Vista, Arizona in 2012. I saw nature from a new point of…
Travel Tuesday: Seward, Alaska
It’s fall. It’s officially fall in Fairbanks. We woke up to a balmy 34 degrees this morning and our landlord turning the heat on. It’s August 30th, in case anyone was wondering. The cool temps and the yellow tree I saw yesterday has me excited for the golden yellow and red hues of autumn, pumpkin…
I quite literally grew up on “Main Street”
I’m having one of those rare moments where I just finished the last page of a book I’ve been pouring over the entire day and I’m certain the book was written solely for me. The author, Sinclair Lewis, came 94 years into the future, looked into my mind, studied my thoughts and feelings, and returned…
The book is always better than the movie. Right?
I attempted to read World War Z recently. I mean I really attempted. I read over half of the book and tried to pretend it was what I was hoping it would be, but I finally just stopped because it wasn’t. I’ll admit I watched the movie first and when I bought the book, I was hoping…