Scandinavian Travels

Images: Faroe Islands Tomorrow we head to Copenhagen, Denmark for a week where Lonnie will meet with Danish publishers on translating his book, Life on Ice: 25 Years of Arctic Exploration. From Denmark I will then take a two day ferry to the Faroe Islands which are approximately half way between Iceland and Scotland. Here the sheep outnumber people. All 48,000 of them. Any point you are standing on the...

Denali

Images by: MONOVITA I've spent the last three month working with Lonnie Dupre  on his Polar Climb 1 expedition on Denali. It's been a roller coaster ride as I've never done anything even close to something like this. We started out driving from Minnesota to Vail, Colorado where Lonnie and I spent time training and acclimatizing for his climb.  We then headed off to Alaska where Lonnie spent...

Kiidk'yaas

Looking for a good read this winter? The Golden Spruce tells the story of a sacred tree, a logger-turned environmentalist and a shocking act of environmental protest in the woods of British Columbia. Listen to the story he...

Ireland

So I've got quite a bit to catch you up on. To begin with, I'm in Ireland.. and it is LOVELY. I was in Dublin for the first day and then quickly got lost on the countryside somewhere in Laois. It is absolutely beautiful.. This is a picture outside my bedroom window of what I wake up to every morning:Newtown Farm is a dairy farm.. so needless to say the work it tough. Milking 130 cows morning and evening every day. Peter, the farm...

"I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days--three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain." ~ John KeatsImages:http:Sofia Aj...

Images: The Unicorn Diaries "The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides."~ Jules Ve...

Rio

I introduce to you.. the new man in my life:) (taking a roll in the fresh snow) Winter's break up is finally here. With the snow melting bringing last summer's memories out once again. A bicycle, a garden's pots, and a fallen birdhouse all immersing with each new sunny day. I've been spending each early sunrise with my new buddy, Rio. He's a six year old Arab mix.. sweet and most ornery as they come. It's been wonderful getting...

Bright Star

The nights are still much longer than the days here. I've had the most odd sleeping patterns(if you should even call them that) of my entire life. If I've learned one thing, it's that I should be awake, no matter the hour, when my body tells me. Otherwise I would end up truly hibernating. Two nights ago I was up at 4am and decided to watch Bright Star. It was the most lovely movie I have seen possibly ever. The cinematography...

An Oregon Christmas

I've been on a vacation visiting all of my family in Oregon for Christmas for the past week now. It's nearing the time to go home I'm sad to say, but we've all had a wonderful time while it lasted..This is the love of my life, Allie.Early today we took Annie, the family dog, to a frozen lake and played all across it.It's been so wonderful spending quiet time with the ones I love. I only wish the vacation could last longer..and...

First Snow

I known I've titled this "First Snow," but to tell you the truth..it is very far from it here in Alaska. In the last month we've been anywhere from -10 degrees all the way up to 38 degrees. It's been an interesting fall! With the warmer weather comes the beautiful snow covering all the dead left from early fall. I am able to cope with the below zero temps in thoughts that it is freezing our lovely lagoon in the backyard...

A Love For Horses..

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Story People

"He followed the sun and she followed the stars and in dreams they listened closely for the beginning of all things, for that was where they knew they'd find each other.." ~ Story PeopleImage from a dear friend: Joy's Breath of L...

Waterfalls, Kitty Walks & Moss..An Autumn Adventure

My day started once again with Kiska begging to go outside, even though it was more than uninviting with its cool, crisp wind and drizzles of rain. I had previously collected several glass items at a local thrift store in hopes of finding the perfect vase for a moss terrarium. Not only had I found one, but two lovely glass vases. So, with that at hand, I had to agree with Kiska that this was to be the day that we venture. Also...

A September's Note

Reading...Watership Down by Richard Adams. Love bunnies<3Listening...Edith Piaf & Yann Tiersen.. they're played lots on my favorite movie Amelie.Cooking....Edamame, lots lots!!Wanting... The winter snow to come quickly so I can go snowshoeing..and so that the rain will stop as well..Making... Dinner with my kitty. We're making pasta with shrimpies and lots of garlic.Loving... Horses, horses, horses! Cannot wait to ride...

Dmitri von Klein visits

As I had mentioned below, my good friend from Oregon visited me in Alaska very recently. Here are a few of the pictures that he captured on our adventure..A gorgeous picture of a glacier calving me constantly trying to see what great pictures he's just taken..Lovely little otters waving 'hello'Orcas in the BayIn the car..Resurrection Bay Black Bear in Kenai FjordsHorned Puffin splashin' it upNear Exit Glacier in Seward, AlaskaDmitri...