Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Originally published in The Nome Nugget, Summer 1995 There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who write poems for gold; Robert William Service wrote 19 books of verses then died in Monaco 37 years ago; Though he wasn’t a Shakespeare, he captured the feel here And in the ways of […]
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Originally published in The Nome Nugget, Summer 1995 The public relations woman at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History knew why I was calling as soon as I said where I was from. After all, Nome and Cleveland go together like reindeer steak and eggs. She wouldn’t have dreamed of saying, “You’re from Nome, Alaska? […]
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Originally published in The Nome Nugget, Summer 1995 It’s catalogue time in Nome. I carry an empty plastic bag when I go down to our post office this time of year because everyday I find in my box a great paper jellyroll of slick enticements to buy. Today I found ordering information for kids’ toys, […]
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Originally published in The Nome Nugget, Summer 1994 A picture of most Nomeites’ home interiors will reveal stuff stacked all over the place. Maybe it’s because most of our houses and apartments are so small, or we just like to have piles of stuff close by. Or maybe it’s because we don’t just don’t care […]
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Originally published in The Nome Nugget, Summer 1994 I had been looking up at the outcrop on top of Anvil Mountain ever since we arrived in Nome. It really does look like an anvil. Somebody must have carved it and set it up there, right? I’ll bet some miners hauled it up there as a […]
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Originally published in The Nome Nugget, Summer 1995 You just can’t bring everything up here with you on a plane. And a Connex box on a barge sounds like a little too much of a commitment for a small house in Nome for the summer. So, like a most of the soldiers in the seasonal […]
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Originally published in The Nome Nugget, Summer 1995 I’ve been reading with interest the reports about the Woodstock reunion in New York. I watched some of the TV coverage of the singers and bands that played, especially intrigued by the ones who had also played 25 years ago in the mud of Yasgur’s farm. They […]
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