When I was the first time in Alaska for myjob interviewat the university, the wife of the search committee chair had picked me up at the hotel. I saw a male plug hanging out of the hood of her car. Therefore, I said to her “You have an extension cord hanging out of your hood....
"We might go to Alaska," Jack said. "Alaska?" Carl said. "What's in Alaska? What would you do up there?" "I wish we could go someplace," Helen said. "What's wrong with here?" Carl said. "What would you guys do in Alaska? I'm serious. I'd like to know." Jack put...
Are you heading to the Interior for work or vacation and wondering what to wear in Alaska in June? You are lucky because weather-wise, it is the nicest month to visit. Moreover, living here for more the 20 years, I have a lot of experience in what is best to wear in which weather...
Living in Texas is a joy, you just don’t know what is coming next. Sure, often it can include extreme weather, but we can do things to make ourselves comfortable. But there are lots of beautiful things to see in Texas whether it’s the natural beauty of our state or some of the ...
I'm John, from Barow in Alaska. It's the most northern town in the USA. So what's it likeliving here? Well, in November the sun goes down and it doesn't come up again_1_ January.That means it's dark for sixty-five days. Of course, these are the coldest, _2_(month) of...
Imagine waking up one morning to find out that the lone highway in and out of your community has been shut down. For many folks living in Alaska, this scary scenario recently became a reality. In 2019, the Alaska Marine Highway System limited or shut down services to many remote communiti...
Callie’s mother, Cecilia, whose husband was also in the gulf, offered to take Lauren in so she could finish the eighth grade with the rest of her class, before moving to Colorado with her grandparents. “I like sleeping over at a friend’s house for a month. It’s fun. But it’s...
Does a bear leave scat in the woods? The answer is obvious but the effects on an ecosystem may not be. A study by Oregon State University researchers concludes that brown and black bears, and not birds, as commonly thought, are primary distributers of small fruit seeds in southeast Alaska,...
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The movement for a reasonable living wage is hardly new. Boston ship carpenters came together in 1675 to demand higher pay. The American Federation of Labor, founded in 1886, proposed a general living wage that adequately supported a family and maintained a standard of living higher than the 19...