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CAMP-OVEN

Looking Into Forever Part 3

Wolf, Blueberries and Snake My husband, Pete, loves everything about wild blueberries.  What’s more, he can zero in on anything having to do with wild blueberries within minutes of entering a source’s periphery.  You might recall the exchange he had with a weather-beaten old sourdough in a downtown Anchorage bar that led to a “secret” [...]

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WHY MAKE IT ROUGH?

Roughing it is for kids!  We’re facing it: we’re older.  By the creaking bones, the staggering steps in the morning until we get warmed up, not to mention the need for drugstore glasses, we’re reminded.  We don’t accept that being older prevents us from doing things we like.  We just find different ways to accommodate [...]

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MUNISING – A FINE FOREVER

If Grand Island is the head, and Munising‘s deep water harbor is the neck, then Munising itself is a rough-hewn, semi-precious necklace on a leathery cord. From wherever you might be along its grid of tree-named streets, your eye is drawn beyond the pretty face of its anchorage to the Big Water beyond. Nestled against [...]

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