This photo was taken somewhere in British Columbia, Canada. I know where, but I’m not telling. :) The thing I don’t know is whether these trees are Aspen or Cottonwood or White Birch. I suspect that they are White Birch or Paper Birch, but I could easily be wrong, as I haven’t looked into it much, and didn’t ask any of the locals.
This is a painting of a roadhouse in Wasilla, Alaska, circa 1957. It reminds me of living in Talkeetna. I found it on the “Last Frontier Magazine” Twitter page.
May 19, 2015: Farming at 10:30pm. Photo from the Palmer, Alaska News Facebook page.
From the movie Insomnia, this is a great quote from an Alaskan resident to a visitor:
“There are two kinds of people who live in Alaska: the ones who are born here and the ones who come here to escape something else. I wasn’t born here.”
If I have my druthers, I’ll finish writing my current book near this wonderful spot, somewhere in Alaska.
Every spring I think about moving back to Alaska. This is a photo of the cabin I lived in in Talkeetna, Alaska back in the day.
I don’t remember where exactly in Palmer, Alaska I took this photo, but my best guess is that I was on a bike ride near some of the farms. I just found this photo this morning, so I thought I’d share it here.
Back in the day I was living in Palmer, Alaska, and I just started to look into renting this small brown building to be a home for my software-consulting business during the day and yoga classes during the night, when some family issues came up and I moved back to the Lower-48.
There probably wasn’t enough work in the Palmer/Wasilla area — also known as the Mat-Su Valley — but I loved the area so much I wanted to give it a try.
The Arctic Circle sign off the Dalton Highway in Alaska. If I remember right, this is less than an hour's drive from Fairbanks.
This is a photo of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, in Palmer, Alaska. It used to be on my bike-riding path when I lived in Palmer.
This is part of a little log cabin church that used to be on my walking/biking path in Palmer, Alaska.
I don’t mean to brag, but if you have the mug ...
When I first learned about Scala I lived in Talkeetna, Alaska, population ~876 (in the summer). Talkeetna is mostly known as a base for expeditions to Denali, and for possibly inspiring the excellent tv series, Northern Exposure. Some of my first Scala blog posts were written while sitting in this cafe. :)
The image shown comes from this Flying Squirrel Bakery Cafe Facebook page.
Back in March, 2010, I drove up to Alaska. This is the office of a little motel in Canada ... at the moment I can’t remember the name of the town, but I know where to find it. :)
I haven’t been back to Alaska in a long time now, but this is what the movie theater in Homer, Alaska looked like the last time I was there.
Once upon a time, a black bear walked into the Breeze Inn in Seward, Alaska and was enjoying the view of the big glass windows ... but was encouraged to leave.
This is a terrific photo of the Flying Squirrel Bakery Cafe in Talkeetna, Alaska. The photo comes from this Facebook page, and their website is flyingsquirrelcafe.com.
This photo is from the Talkeetna Air Taxi Facebook page. Back in the day, I lived about 100 yards from where this photo was taken.
A picture of four sled dog paintings from a motel in Healy, Alaska.
A snow covered road in Wasilla, Alaska, from the winter of 2010/2011. They don't plow the roads much in Alaska, especially the side roads.
