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Alaskan Urban Hippie

• Hemp Chicken Coop Bedding Review February 10, 2019
  After running out of dried birch leaves this winter, I decided to try a new kind of chicken coop bedding: ground hemp. I bought the dried hemp from a local livestock feed store that also sold wood chips and straw as chicken coop bedding options. I honestly had no idea what to expect, so I […]
  Ashley
• Spring Rhubarb: an early edible perennial in Alaska December 26, 2018
  Winters in Alaska are long, cold & dark. At the end of December, most Alaskans only see 5-6 hours of sun each day. By March, the daylight hours have made significant enough gains for Alaskans to start looking forward to summer months in the land of the midnight sun. In Alaska, one of the surest […]
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Barbara Brown’s Our Third Thirds

• Pearl of Wisdom #1 February 10, 2019
  We don’t reach our Third Third without accumulating some wisdom. One of my little bits of wisdom isn’t earth-shaking. It’s not high on the list of Great Values or Good Deeds or even How to Be a Better Person, but it does pop up again and again. So I’ll call it a Pearl of Wisdom. […]
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• The Public Restroom: A Technological Challenge (Take 2) January 18, 2019
  I used the restroom in the new wing at the Anchorage Museum yesterday. It was all very sleek and design-y, only brushed metal fixtures, totally clean and spiffy. A thrilling 10 on my personal Public Restroom Rating Scale. I did my business and washed my hands. With soap. From a soap dispenser recognizable as a […]
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Bush Radio

• Stoner Music 101 January 21, 2018
  Roll up some inspiration – Burl Ives http://alaskabush.com/bushradio/wp-content/uploads/Roll-up-some-inspiration-Burl-Ives.mp3 I got stoned and I missed it – Shel Silverstein w/ Dr. Hook http://alaskabush.com/bushradio/wp-content/uploads/got-stoned-and-I-missed-it.mp3 Natural Mystic – Bob Marley http://alaskabush.com/bushradio/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Natural_mystic_bob_marley.mp3 I want to get HIGH – Rita Marley http://alaskabush.com/bushradio/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/I_Want_to_Get_High1.mp3 Henry – New Riders Of The Purple Sage http://alaskabush.com/bushradio/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/henry1.mp3   Sweet Leaf – Storm Orphans http://alaskabush.com/bushradio/wp-content/uploads/Storm_Orphans_-_Sweet_Leaf.mp3
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• Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) April 21, 2016
  RIP Prince The Revolution Will Be Colorized http://alaskabush.com/bushradio/music/the-revolution-will-be-colorized-Prince.mp3
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Craig Medred

• Studying not believing February 16, 2019
  Leave it to science to confuse you with data about what you just know is absolute fact. This time it regards the claim bike helmets save lives. Every cyclist reading this falls […]
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• Our fish February 15, 2019
  What would normally be a quiet March meeting of the Alaska Board of Fisheries to discuss generic statewide issues is shaping up to be a battle royal over a proposal that could […]
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Cinthia Ritchie

• Tucson Festival of Books award-winning essay, and Gates Pass February 2, 2019
  A few months ago, I submitted an essay to the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards Contest from the YMCA here in Tucson. I did this while sitting on the floor of the exercise room, my laptop beside me, a guy on the elliptical machine spraying sweat over my shoulders (I could say that his… […]
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• New work up at 50-word stories January 11, 2019
  I tried my hand at a 50-word story and soon learned that it isn’t easy to write a full story in exactly 50 words. The original attempt was 140 words. I sliced it down to 100, which wasn’t that difficult. Cutting it to 50, however, was where I really struggled. My aim was to capture a… […]
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Coleen’s Recipes

• EASY CHOCOLATE MOUSSE February 7, 2019
  This recipe is not only super quick, super easy and super tasty, but it is very pretty!! It's great for any special occasion, and it goes together in the wink of an eye!!2 cups whipping cream2 teaspoons unflavored gelatine2 tablespoons cold water1/4 cup boiling water3 level tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder1/2 cup sugar1 teaspoon vanillaIn a […]
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Idlewild Alaska

Mountain View Post

• Holiday cheer at the Mountain View Winter Festival January 7, 2019
  On an overcast afternoon in mid-December, a horse-drawn wagon made slow laps through the snowy streets of Mountain View.  Families waiting to take a ride stood in line along McPhee Avenue. In the parking lot of Mountain View Elementary School, members of the New Hope Baptist Church Children’s Choir sang carols while more people gathered […]
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South Anchorage Farmer’s Market

• Potato & Kale Casserole October 21, 2015
  [from SAFM cookbook] This wonderful recipe comes directly from I Heart Kale and their blog at http://iheartkale.blogspot.com 3 large red waxy potatoes, very thinly sliced 4 tablespoons melted salted butter 10 leaves kale (the curly-edged green or purple kinds are good here), washed, stemmed and finely chopped freshly ground black pepper 5 tablespoons grated parmesan […]

Sandra’s Alaska Recipes

• SANDRA'S OVERNIGHT NO-KNEAD AGAVE ROSEMARY ARTISAN BREAD December 14, 2018
  The easiest bread recipe I've created to date,and it's very versatile in that you can substitute the herbs,i.e. instead of rosemary, use thyme, fennel seeds, etc...Yield: 1 round loaf Prep: 10 Mins.1st rise: 9-12 Hrs.2nd rise: 1-1/2 Hrs.INGREDIENTS:Wet:1-1/2 cups warm water1/2 teaspoon active/rapid dry yeast (not regular)1 TB amber agave (or honey)Dry: 3 cups all-purpose […]
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• SANDRA'S EASY CHOCOLATE COCONUT MARSHMALLOW FUDGE December 13, 2018
  The most creamy and decadent fudge ever!You can also sub out the coconut and marshmallows for chopped nuts,or the chips for other flavors...Yield: 36 squaresPrep: 10 Mins.Cook: 5-10 Mins.Chill: 2 Hrs.INGREDIENTS3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips1 (14-oz can) sweetened condensed milk (not unsweetened evaporated milk)Pinch of kosher salt1/2 cup finely shredded sweetened coconut2 cups miniature marshmallows1-1/2 […]
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Twice In a Lifetime

• Harvest Time September 21, 2018
  All summer long Elias was reflecting on the orgy of potatoes that would await us on our return to Kodiak, his first attempts at growing his own doubtless (doubtless!) on their way to wild success. In spite of the fact that no one was at home to tend the garden.Great thing about kids. The harvest […]
• This Alaskan Life September 9, 2018
  Well, I really will get to a recap of the science side of our summer soon. We are living in very interesting times, in both the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea, those twin stars that dominate the firmament of Alaskan fisheries.But we continue this miraculous run of good weather that has made late August […]

What Do I Know?

• Travel Day Included Modern Art In SF With Granddaughter February 17, 2019
  The northbound trains into San Francisco on weekends, don't go beyond Bayshore.  Then you switch to a bus that takes you the rest of the way to CalTrain Station.  (Not sure what the people going to the South San Francisco stop were supposed to do.)From there we hoofed it to the Museum of Modern Art […]
  Steve
• Emergency Evacuations In Planes - Some Thoughts and Recommendations February 16, 2019
  We've been in the exit row on a lot of flights.  These rows have a lot more leg room but you have to agree that you are able to follow the procedures to open the emergency exit on the window.  But the instructions available are very detailed.  Here's what you get: Specifically the lower part […]
  Steve

Don’t Eat The Paste

• Homesteader's Honey February 5, 2019
  My memories on FB popped up this photo. It's from the 1990s. The man in the photo is my brother and the boy is my son. The handwriting is my mom's and it says "Adam and Wm picking clover and fireweed for me to make honey" The side note says (*Enlarge?) I may well do […]
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Shorpy

• Taught Napping: 1941 February 16, 2019
  October 1941. "White Plains, Greene County, Georgia. Rest period in school." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
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Debra Lynn Dadd

• Nature’s Fabrics February 12, 2019
  A great selection of natural fiber and fabrics, including cotton, hemp, wool, and bamboo, many organic. They also carry some synthetics, so choose appropriately. Many weaves and colors and some hard-to-find natural fiber blends, such as heavy cotton/hemp fleece. “We are a small family business living on a farm in NW PA. We strive to […]
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• Blue Q February 12, 2019
  Totes and other bags made from 95% recycled polyethylene rice sacks (don’t know the other 5% but it’s nothing that I can smell). These bags are unusually fun and functional. I have a shoulder tote and I love it. The nontoxic material is waterproof so it protects the contents of the bag when it’s raining, […]
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Hugh’s Views & News

• The Battle February 14, 2019
  Not everything is what it seems, is it? Continue reading
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• In The Distance #WordlessWednesday February 13, 2019
  What do you see in the distance?Continue reading
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Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

• The Book Tour, Episode One: How it all started – Guest Post by, J. Arlene Culiner… February 17, 2019
  It was an icy winter, and I was holed up in a four-hundred-year-old stone house in a small French village. Two months before, I had run away from Hungary, from a love story I no longer believed in. Now, huddled beside a wood-burning stove, I was writing a mystery, Death by Slanderous Tongue, on the […]
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• Random Funny – School Student Version… February 16, 2019
  My teacher pointed his ruler at me and said “At the end of this ruler, there’s an idiot “ I got detention after asking which end…
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Bluebird of Bitterness

• Caturday funnies February 16, 2019
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• Friday happy dance February 15, 2019
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Elle Knowles: Finding Myself Through Writing

• What’s a normal dinner? February 10, 2019
  It’s not often I do nothing, but today I almost took the day off. Now I feel bad that I didn’t accomplish more. If it had not been for the trip to Walmart for groceries, I wouldn’t have left the house. I could not get warm all day even though the temps were in the […]
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The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company, England.

• Retrieving the local football team’s balls from the brambles #England #narrowboat #canal February 10, 2019
  Sunday morning, a peregrination along the canal towpath, a solitary church bell clanging in the distance… and a couple of … More
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• Ten locks in a row to Wheelock whereupon I promptly moored up and promptly sat down #narrowboat #England #boating #canal February 6, 2019
  A drop in altitude by my calculation of some 98′ 6″ from beginning to end. The image shown above is … More
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Joan Reeves: Slingwords

• Saturday Share: 7 Uses for White Vinegar February 17, 2019
  I'm blogging late today. Darling Hubby and I spent the day shopping at the gardening centers.I scored 2 very large clay pots, 21" diameter, in a golden ocher glaze that I'll use on the front courtyard patio.I had DH place a new pot on either side of a huge pot filled with blooming red dianthus […]
  Joan Reeves
• Know Someone Who Feels Isolated? Try This February 15, 2019
  Feeling isolated and alone? Or maybe it's your mom or dad or a grandparent who's feeling left behind.Whether you're the one feeling isolated or a beloved elderly relative who's coping with that, here's some unusual advice I read about recently.There is a lot of evidence that turning to voice-activated technology like Alexa or Siri or […]
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World United Music

• The Minstral Show – (Episode 065) February 10, 2019
  Welcome to the Minstral Show, the podcast that spotlights the very best music from around the world, made exclusively in the 21st century.The theme of today’s show, as always, is here to support your empathic journey while here on this planet. Let the music remove the thorns to sooth your mind and soul while your […]
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Stump the Bookseller

• 323Z: Girl Grows Up In Coastal Town, Where Body Is Found On Beach February 14, 2019
  The book I am looking for I read between 2006 and 2010. I believe it was a young adult novel/ coming of age and had a dark blue/purple cover with cursive writing. Looked to be a night image above the … Continue reading →
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Ana’s Attic

• Comment on January 2019 Review Recap by Cassandra D February 15, 2019
  I haven't read any of these yet.
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Whimpulsive

• Wordless Wednesday #488 February 13, 2019
  Windswept Waves For more Wordless Wednesday, Click here.
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Thoroughly Reviewed

• Best Baby Teething Pain Remedy February 14, 2019
  Baby Teething Pain Remedy Buying Guide Below we have provided you with some information on the different types of teething relief remedies that are...
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