SBHM: Black Suffragettes Time Has Forgotten

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Hi friends! I’ve been putting out the call for months now to have people write guest posts for any of the Smithsonian Heritage Months. I’m very grateful that Cassandra Carr responded, a… Read more ->

SBHM: Black Suffragettes Time Has Forgotten

Limecello, Black Suffragettes

APRN Alaska News

JBER declares public health emergency amid COVID surge September 19, 2021
The declaration will remain in effect for 30 days, but could be shortened or extended based on cases and community transmission of COVID-19.
The Associated Press
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, September 17, 2021 September 18, 2021
Lower Kuskokwim School District has hired foreign teachers to fill positions. And researchers study a woolly mammoth that lived thousands of years ago in Alaska.
Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage

Delanceyplace.com

"we the people" -- 9/17/21 September 17, 2021
Today's selection -- from Don't Know Much About History by Kenneth C. Davis. Today is the anniversary of the vote to approve the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution was a radical document in its day. One of the founding principles, "that the government of the United States exists to serve the people, not the people […]
transformative fire -- 9/16/21 September 16, 2021
Today's encore selection -- 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann. Native Americans systematically used large-scale fires to transform the American landscape in the centuries before European dominance of the continent:"Adriaen van der Donck was a Dutch lawyer who in 1641 transplanted himself to the Hudson River Valley. ... He […]

APRN Alaska News

JBER declares public health emergency amid COVID surge September 19, 2021
The declaration will remain in effect for 30 days, but could be shortened or extended based on cases and community transmission of COVID-19.
The Associated Press
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, September 17, 2021 September 18, 2021
Lower Kuskokwim School District has hired foreign teachers to fill positions. And researchers study a woolly mammoth that lived thousands of years ago in Alaska.
Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage

Legislative Drafting Institute for Child Protection (LDICP)

Recent Research Spreadsheets November 30, 2016
Our students have compiled research in three topic areas. Below are the links to their research tables that can be downloaded for searching and viewing. For a state-by-state review of Mandatory Reporter laws, click here. For a state-by-state review of Background Check laws, click...
feigleycommunications
2016 Legislative Drafting Students November 15, 2016
Our students spent the summer working on the inaugural project of the LDICP. Through their extensive research, massive databases of information on state statutes regarding the abuse of children ave been created and will be posted here as their work is finalized. Here are...
feigleycommunications

WASP Final Flight

Lucile Doll Wise, 43-7 | August 2, 2018 August 17, 2018
"Jacqueline Cochran was looking for WASP. They told me I would have to be interviewed and they would contact me when they came to the Wichita area. But I didn’t wait for that. I went down to Houston for my interview, to speed things up. And I think that’s one of the smartest things I […]
Unknown
Jean McCreery, 44-W-10. |. May 10, 2018 July 20, 2018
"My first flight was with a barnstormer at the age of five. I loved it! I also tried to 'fly' out of the barn loft with an umbrella. This was less than successful..." WASP Jean Terrell McCreery, 44-10 The indomitable Marguerite Jean Terrell Moreo McCreery has "...slipped the surly bonds of Earth. And danced the skies on […]
Unknown

The Old Motor

Join us at the Forth Worth Texas Fat Stock Show and Rodeo September 18, 2021
In 1896 beef cattle, and ranching interests in Forth Worth, TX, began the Texas Stock Show to promote the cattle industry in the City. Later in 1901, the name was changed to the Texas Fat Stock Show, and in 1918 the Rodeo was added to stir up interest. In 1987 the name was changed again...
David Greenlees
Four Fun Friday Kodachrome Car Photographs No. 319 September 17, 2021
For the fun and enjoyment of our readers being able to join in and solve mysteries, in this weekly Friday series, we ask you to tell us the year, make, and model of all of these vehicles, along with the location of each scene. You can look back on over three hundred of the earlier...
David Greenlees

Shorpy Reader Shared Photo’s

Golden Krust Bakery September 10, 2021
Found these pictures in my parents photo album. I have no idea who the people are. Thought others would get a kick out of seeing them.
Candice Philpott-Burck
Private Leo C. Ziv: 1917 September 10, 2021
Fort Dix, 1917. That's my 5'2" grandfather prior to being shipped over to France as part of the Allied Expedition Force. While there, he won a boxing medal and was subsequently caught in a mustard gas attack. He lived for another 52 years with seared lungs and had to expectorate into the ever-present paper sack […]
markie1425

BloominThyme

Beneficials in the Garden September 2, 2021
Upon first inspection of this photo, you might be wondering if I’ve lost my mind. The tomato hornworm is not a beneficial in your garden. They can do extreme damage to tomato, pepper and eggplants in a matter of hours, destroying en entire plant within days. Definitely not good, especially when you’ve been salivating over […]
gardenfrisk
School Garden Crafts August 20, 2021
Back to school means back to the school garden–at least in my community, it does. And how fortunate are we? Not only do we have school gardens, we can garden year round due to the fabulous climate of Central Florida. However, while fruits and vegetables are fun to grow, so are regular plants. Particularly succulents. […]
gardenfrisk

AV Club Wiki Wormhole

Emmys 2021: The best, worst, and weirdest of the ceremony September 20, 2021
The 2021 Emmys will be remembered as the year when The Crown and The Queen’s Gambit helped Netflix cement its reign over the television kingdom, Conan O’Brien proved you can make great TV while not winning awards for making great TV, and someone in the writers’ room thought there were still a few more laughs to […]
Erik Adams
From Spice World to Loki, Richard E. Grant will always be a fanboy at heart September 20, 2021
The actor: From the moment he sauntered into Withnail And I, Richard E. Grant’s innate magnetism was apparent. As told in his book With Nails: The Film Diaries Of Richard E. Grant—a sharp account of the actor’s first decade in the entertainment industry—Withnail stuck with him, opening doors in Hollywood, and paving…Read more...
Cameron Scheetz
Fall TV is back with new feel-good dramas The Big Leap and Ordinary Joe September 20, 2021
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, September 20. All times are Eastern. Read more...
Saloni Gajjar
Netflix nabs first wins for Outstanding Drama and Limited Series September 20, 2021
The streamers are here, they’re clear, and they’re coming for awards. With Apple’s Ted Lasso cleaning up at the Emmys this evening, all eyes were on Netflix to see if the original streaming spoiler could pull out a few more victories by broadcast’s end. Thankfully, for the sad Netflix stans of the world (mostly…Read more...
Matt Schimkowitz

The Authors’ Billboard

Crocheting September 19, 2021
Years ago, my mother-in-law decided to teach me crochet. My first reaction was to protest. With a full-time career and an overwhelming schedule as a lab manager, I hardly had time to cook for the family, let alone sit on a chair for hours and crochet, but she insisted I would learn without effort. With […]
Mona Risk
The ‘Wake Up in the Morning with a Smile’ Virus September 18, 2021
Happiness and goals: these are gifts we give ourselves. It’s been four years now and I’m still smitten with the happiness virus. Mine is fed by giving in to my love of writing. Such happiness is not to be cured but should be spread. Fortunate is she who has found her love and followed it. […]
Dani Haviland

A Redleg’s Rides

Now boondocking within the Gunnison Gorge NCA September 20, 2021
By 9AM, I was basically alone in the Delta County Fairgrounds once again. All the rally attendees had departed for home and the rally was over.Spent the rest of the morning just relaxing in the newly returned solitude. Closer to lunch, I decided that since no riding was planned for the afternoon, might as well […]
redlegsrides
Uraling to the Grand Mesa National Forest September 19, 2021
Today I rode again with Dan K. Both of us on our respective Ural Patrols and we headed out of Hotchkiss to the Leroux Creek Road. We took this road north towards the Grand Mesa National Forest a few miles away.Once the road turned from pavement to dirt, it became quite wash boarded and the […]
redlegsrides

Barry Eisler

The Salton Sea May 13, 2021
I always try to visit the places I depict in my novels--realism matters to me personally, and has also become a key aspect of my brand as a novelist. This is why I have a Photos and Places page on my website, and more importantly a Mistakes page--people won't trust you to get it right if you don't […]
Barry Eisler
Putin Looms Perennially Large For The Economist April 25, 2021
Sometimes I can almost hear The Economist whispering, "Vlad, I wish I could quit you..."
Barry Eisler

Twice In a Lifetime

Kashevaroff Mountain April 6, 2019
Long before we were a sailing family, Alisa and I were a young couple in love with adventuring in Alaska.The opportunity to introduce Eric and Elias to the delights of outdoor living in the Great Land was one of the big bright sides of our return to Alaska.Earlier this winter, the boys and I headed […]
Letting go March 20, 2019
So...this beautiful island is our home.See the barky?The boys just had their spring break. A week off from school and nothing to keep us from buggering off in Galactic. The weather was generally poor - nothing like the pics above for the most part - so we just snuck off to the west side of […]

The Alaska Parkinson’s Rag

The Parkinson's Games, Billed as the Parkinson's Olympics, Scheduled for the Netherlands 2022 September 9, 2021
In a development that came as a complete surprise to me, I got an email from a promoter of something called the Parkinson's Games, taking place in the Netherlands next year. It bills itself as the Olympics of Parkinson's Disease. That's the 50 yard festination and the dyskinetic Decathalon? No, it will be made up […]
Peter Dunlap-Shohl
Coping with PD, a Primer September 7, 2021
This post began as an e-mail to a friend with a beloved relative who has Parkinson’s. It is by no means exhaustive, but I’ll bet if you follow these precepts, you will have a gentler descent into disability than if you ignore them. We are the first generation of PD patients who have most of […]
Peter Dunlap-Shohl

Alaskan Urban Hippie

Comparing Mint Plants: Spearmint, Apple & Chocolate April 23, 2020
Mint is a reasonably cold-hardy perennial, meaning it grows back every year under the right conditions. Just like there are many different kinds of tomatoes (cherry, beefsteak, roma, etc.), there are plenty different varieties of mint, too. Here’s an overview comparison of three different kinds of mints that grow well for me in Anchorage, Alaska: […]
Ashley
Chickens Laying Eggs in the Winter April 4, 2020
Do chickens still lay eggs in the winter? That’s a common question many curious poultry lovers ask me. The answer? It depends. Egg laying chickens will naturally taper off and cease egg production in winter months, assuming you live somewhere that gets darker in winter months than summer. In Alaska, where our winter months might […]
Ashley

Barbara Brown’s Our Third Thirds

A Worrywart Goes on a Road Trip September 18, 2021
I’ve felt fear, I’ve felt angst, I’ve felt panic, I’ve worried. I’ve been a scared little rabbit, a scaredy cat, and a wimp. I’ve even detailed the finer points between fear and worry in a blog called “Not a scaredy-cat – a worrywart.”Yes, I’m occasionally brave, land on my feet, am tough as nails. But […]
CloudyinAK
How do I know you're you? September 6, 2021
I was watching an old YouTube clip of musicians doing an impromptu street concert in New York City.Then, at :46, I spotted my father in the crowd!My father died in 1980. I haven’t “seen” him for 41 years, but this man had his build, his eyes, nose, white hair. He was even wearing clothes my […]
CloudyinAK

Cinthia Ritchie

Malnourished launches today January 21, 2020
It’s here. The big day. My memoir, the one I spent 15 years struggling over, launches today from Raised Voice Press. I’m feeling very exposed, very vulnerable. This is not at all similar to when Dolls Behaving Badly launched from Hachette Book Group. That was a novel, and while some of it was based on… […]
cinthiaritchie
Book review: Secondhand Summer by Dan Walker December 1, 2019
I had had Alaska writer Dan Walker’s YA novel SECONDHAND SUMMER on my list for a long time, and two weeks ago finally had the chance to dive in. I wasn’t disappointed. Walker’s book, geared for middle school readers (but still immensely enjoyable for adults), follows 14-year-old Sam’s move to Anchorage from the small fishing… […]
cinthiaritchie

Matt Goff Sitka Nature

Northern Flicker September 5, 2021
Overcast with occasional rain. A break in the clouds revealed the sun for a time this evening. I’ve been needing to go through some collections I’ve made over the past few months. Most of them I did a reasonable job of labeling, fortunately. Those I mostly just needed to get into more permanent collection vials […]
matt goff
Mushrooms and More September 4, 2021
Low clouds with periodic rain. After a call this morning I went out to Blue Lake road with the intention of going up to Heart Lake. Multiple cars in the Heart Lake parking lot prompted me to drive up to the end of the road first. There were some bright yellow spots in the alpine […]
matt goff

Sandra’s Alaska Recipes

SANDRA’S HUMMINGBIRD BUNDT CAKE April 22, 2021
A delightful and easy cake to prepare and is super flavorful...Servings: 12Prep: 30 Mins.Bake: 1Hr and 5 to 15 Mins. INGREDIENTS: CAKE: WET1-1/2 cups canola oil3 large eggs2 tsp vanilla extract3 mashed ripe bananas1 (8-oz can) crushed pineapple with its juice (do not drain) DRY3 cups all-purpose flour½ tsp ground ginger1-1/2 tsp ground cinnamon¼ tsp freshly ground nutmeg1 tsp […]
sandra
MAX'S RED CURRY CHICKEN April 9, 2021
Max says, "This is the easiest, quickest and tastiest Red Curry Chicken recipe I have ever made"...Servings: 4-6Prep: 20 Mins.Cook: 20 Mins. INGREDIENTS: 2 tablespoons red curry paste2 (13.6 oz.) cans unsweetened coconut milk1 large chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces1 medium yellow onion, largely diced1 carrot, sliced3 ribs celery, sliced diagonally¾ of a medium green bell […]
sandra