NIMBY

Today, my comments on the proposed University of Alaska Timber Sale on our peninsula will get mailed.

I have written some difficult letters in my life, but this one may have been the hardest.

I had to ultimately answer this question: how does one who has chosen quality of life over quantity of goods and funds sway the opinions of those who choose the opposite? It seems the University’s Board of Regents has one primary responsibility, which is to make money for the University of Alaska. When you know the price of everything, what do you care for those who value other than material wealth?

sunlight through trees

Sunlight through our homestead trees (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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Snow Day

Haines has gotten an occasional fine skiff of snow recently. Friday overnight, we got the homestead’s first snowfall of the year.

We awoke to a light but steady snow. By mid-morning 2ΒΌ inches had accumulated, with more on the way.

Zeiger family homestead cabin in snow 2017

The Zeiger family cabin in the first snow of winter 2017 (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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