And then there was that time I thought a grizzly bear was going to eat my daughter for lunch. It was the summer of 2001, back when I was living in Southeast Alaska. My daughter Sophia was 3, going on… Continue Reading
Don’t you hate it when all the dark, creepy, stupid stuff from your past gets dragged out of the closet for everyone to see? I’ve got stuff. You’ve got stuff. We’ve all got stuff that we’d like to pretend never… Continue Reading
I’ve only been kicked out of three classes in my life. Permanently, I mean. I guess I was just too cool for school. The first time was in the eighth grade, and I briefly mentioned it in a recent column,… Continue Reading
I’m willing to admit that it wasn’t as bad as this photo might lead you to believe, but at the time it felt like we were being crushed to death in a diaper pail. That time we got on the… Continue Reading
It’s not often, I think, that one could find a silver lining in something as tragic as a plane crash. But today, I reckon to do just that. For this story, we’re going back to March 11, 1967. A small… Continue Reading
Yes Sophia, there is a Santa Claus, and you know him. You might remember this story, because I told it years8 ago. But that was in the early days of A News Cafe, and only a few people ever got to read… Continue Reading
And then there was that time we were shipwrecked in Alaska. This is a story I almost never tell, probably because it involves a little stupidity and poor planning, so even my own family will be surprised when they read… Continue Reading
We sat in a movie theater over the weekend, my husband and I, and cried as we watched an epic film about making music and finding your soul mate. It wasn’t A Star Is Born (although it’s on my list… Continue Reading
I’m probably going to hell for saying this out loud, but every time some high ranking Republican politician starts making threats about taking a federal axe to funding for public broadcasting, I get a little thrill. I know, it sounds… Continue Reading
A brush with death. A moment that might be your last. Have you ever had one of those times when you thought, this could be it? My last breath? Maybe it was a bad decision, a wrong turn, a wrong… Continue Reading
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