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Links for UAMN – University of Alaska Museum of the North
Links to Social Media: Official Site:
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UAMN Bus 142 – Site clearing request
I am partnering with the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks to help build an...
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New Book – John Haines – May the Owl Call Again
Readers and visitors here know the influence John Haines has on my writing. I was introduced to John...
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Bus 142 Project and Support for Exhibition
Work will begin soon for trail clearing and building as part of the first phase. If all goes...
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Lost Looking for a Sign
Time pushed me into a new decade and now I understand the dilemma and struggle this presents. Looking...
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Bus 142 Hauled Out of The Wild
The famous Bus 142 was hauled out of the Alaskan Wilderness on 2020-06-18 and placed into storage near...
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History of Bus 142
From the University of Alaska – Museum of the North – a podcast featuring information about Bus 142....
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Emerging from a slumber
It has been a few years since posting or writing anything here. I feel like this bear and...
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Golden Path
Long has it been since I touched these rocks and waters,weighed down with burden and future thoughts. Searching...
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Distant Guiding Light
Descending into winterdeceiving clear skiesgive way to earth curlinginto itself for warmth. Breaking trails through fresh snowascending from...
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Moving Forward
Another year coming to a close.Another obstacle is looming in the night. The truth is difficult to see...
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Gathering in the Woods
We take leave and the forest fills with silence and evening light. Soon the ground comes to life...
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Pushing Through
Pushing through the pain we see the end. Our vision expanded beyond our sphere. Perhaps we see the...
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Rote & Ritual
Personal introspection and new music to get through the day from my friend at The Day on Fire....
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Fracture 93: Moving the Future into the Present
(1) There, there I see you – walking along the shoreline,the sun is your companion. The ocean wind...