The Kobuk Valley and mountains to the north shrouded in smoke. Kotzebue - There are drops of rain on the window of my shack, the first...

KOTZEBUE — It’s raining again, the wind rising and waves sloshing over the grass. I’m yanking at corkline, struggling to stack my salmon...

This summer I journeyed south, to McNeil River, farther than I’ve ever traveled to see any animal, let alone bears. For most of my life...

Kobuk River—It’s been a rainy fall. Again today the clouds are low, mist fills the air and raindrops pelt the windows. Water drips off...

Thank you for reading my books and visiting my website. Over the years I’ve found publishing and that industry often to be discouraging,...

Kotzebue--things got in the way today of what I really wanted to write about: Rabbits. Morning was -2 and blowing snow. I couldn't see in...

AMBLER ROAD sorry, politics...Alaskans, please be aware that officials from AIDEA are meeting today, taking advantage of this emergency...

Kotzebue--it's another sunny morning, the kind that can fool you because it is still -5 with a searing north breeze. I built a fire in...

Kotzebue--the sky is hazy and a cold north wind has picked up. Oh, well, there goes our beautiful fresh snow. This morning when I looked...

Kotzebue--gray morning here but the sun is burning through the haze, 30 above and not much wind. And it's late March--which means long...

It's still gray, windy and snowy here in Kotzebue, a relentless "parade of storms" as the weather service chose to term it. Better than a...

It was a nice day here, with a chilly wind off the sea ice and drifting snow. Good to see some sun on and off and be out in the wind...

Warm day here. Windy, and lots of fresh snow. Just back from getting stuck in deep snow in the willows with snowgo. (Tough to lift that...