People, places, things, and ideas I love in Anchorage, AK
It was a busy (but fun!) week and promises to be a busy (but fun!) weekend. I hope you enjoy my weekly collection of fun, Anchorage-centric stories, starting with lightning in NYC.
Continue reading “Stories Around Town: Lightning Strikes and Anchorage is going to be Colorful”
Lots of great stories this week, starting with the new Alaskan Springtime Febreze scent!
I spotted this at Valley of the Moon Park today.
I don’t know if it was a nod to Veteran’s day or just a love note/good thought for the world in general. Regardless, it’s lovely. Such a quiet, non-permanent kind of graffiti, with a simple, sweet sentiment.
Peace.
Dear Members of the Anchorage Assembly,
Thank you so much for the service you provide to our community. I appreciate the time and energy that all of you spend making sure that Anchorage is a wonderful place to live, work, and play.
This post is really just an excuse to share the photo of the lonely little duck at Westchester Lagoon, but also, I think autumn is almost over for real this time.
One of the best parts of getting older is starting to see the people you’ve known for years come into their own. I love watching the people around me doing amazing things with their lives. It’s so interesting to see the journeys people take, and sometimes, observing from the fringes is the most exciting – being too close can limit your perspective (like when you look at your own life and think it’s been an uneventful year, and then you realize that you got married, started a new job, bought your first home, and got a dog).
A journey I’ve followed from afar is that of Anchorage-born artist Erin Pollock.
Today, our puppy Grover, reunited with his brother Boomer. Aren’t they a perfect matched set?
Continue reading “Reunion: Brothers Yin and Yang (aka Grover and Boomer)”