Listen 'til the end.

ANDREW NORSWORTHY

Insure this man!

When I woke up this morning and read Julia O'Malley's "Alfredo's last drive" in the Anchorage Daily News, I got a little spritz of inspiration. I need to write more!

This story is one your mom would want to smack you for writing if Alfredo was your neighbor. Probably because you should mind your own business or some nonsense.

I've fallen in love with Alfredo in the last ten minutes. No wonder his lady, Pacita, has been with him for 52 years.

Julia, thank you for this honest story.

Scratch that back!

TEACH ME HOW TO PANDA

Check out my new blade!

SCRIMSHAW POCKET KNIFE
Linda Layden of Maine has been creating Scrimshaw in the traditional manner for over 3o years. I bought this knife from her collection on etsy. It is made of bone and nickel silver.

I've got this crazy love for scrimshaw ever since I talked with some kids in Tatitlek, Alaska about it at Cultural Heritage Week.

Alaska Glacial Mud Co.

SLIDESHOW

Alaska Glacial Mud Co. from Rosey Robards on Vimeo.

I sat down with Lauren at Orca Bookstore in Cordova, AK and she told me about her lil' mud company. Inspiring!

Definition of the week: Discombobulate

As in: Karen just returned to work from a two-week vacation and she is all discombobulated.

Discombobulate
From m-w.org

Main Entry: dis·com·bob·u·late
Pronunciation: \ˌdis-kəm-ˈbä-b(y)ə-ˌlāt\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): dis·com·bob·u·lat·ed; dis·com·bob·u·lat·ing
Etymology: probably alteration of discompose
Date: circa 1916

: upset, confuse

— dis·com·bob·u·la·tion \-ˌbä-b(y)ə-ˈlā-shən\ noun

Conversations overheard at dinner

FORTUNE COOKIES ARE JAPANESE
Photo by Ko Sasaki for The New York Times
Read about it!

Thanks Allison for the inspiration. :)

California Rose

I took this photo on my iPhone on a trip to Palo Alto this summer.

Makes me smile.

CUZ