With skiing’s long history in Nordic countries, it is not surprising the Swedes, Norwegians, Danes and Finns entering Alaska at the turn of the 20th century brought their skiing traditions with them. According to...
I hiked up to Birch Hill Cemetery before the snow flew. On the property’s south slope (beyond the cemetery’s perimeter) is a small bluff, and along the bluff’s edge the trees are marvelously twisted...
Contrary to a popular misconception, there are groundhogs (Marmota monax) in Alaska, and they are not recent immigrants. I read one misinformed blog post that said they hitchhiked to Alaska after the Alaska...
The rainy season is upon us, and so are the mushrooms. I was up at Birch Hill Cemetery, on the northeast corner of Fairbanks, and took these photos of some of the mushrooms I...
The white picket fence in this photograph, located on the lower slope of Birch Hill Cemetery just north of Fairbanks, encloses the grave of Minnie Starr Slater. She was married to Charles Slater,...
Several years ago I worked as a groundskeeper at the Birch Hill Cemetery here is Fairbanks. (Under-employed artists end up working all sorts of interesting jobs.) I was removing some rotten boards around one...
Clear and 20 degrees below zero. Life is good. I hiked up to Birch Hill Cemetery a couple of days ago to watch the sunrise. (Sunrise was at 10:15 am.) Birch hill is a...
