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Posted on January 24, 2010 by Mark Zeiger

Heather Lende is a local author, columnist, and radio commentator. If you haven’t read her book, If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name (check your local bookstore) or read her column, formerly in the Anchorage paper, now in the Alaska Dispatch, you’ve probably heard her on National Public Radio. She plays a significant role in the Haines community, not only through tireless public service, but because she’s personable, outgoing, intelligent, witty, and attractive. Continue reading →

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A Close Call in the Forest

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Mark Zeiger

Yesterday we hiked up into the forest on a couple of errands. Michelle and Aly planned a hike around the back loop trail to visit a few homes where the owners are out of town, to make sure no trees have fallen on them. I wanted to go to the blow down to cut some firewood. We parted ways at the junction of our trail and the “vague trail,” which cuts past the muskeg swamp and joins the back loop.

I cut several rounds, enough to fill my pack board, then headed home. When I got to the junction, I pulled up short. Things had changed since I’d passed there earlier—it appeared a tree had fallen across the trail. Continue reading →

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