Wasilla, Alaska, by 300 and then some
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Tags Wasilla, Alaska, Bill Hess, family, dogs and cats, wilderness, dining, photography, writing
A photographic narrative of life in Wasilla, Alaska, plus an exploration of the country and life within 300 miles of Wasilla and anywhere else in the world that the blogger happens to go.
Latest Blog Posts
- Real Wasilla - not to be found in Rogue: Snowplow comes down the road, turns around and goes back up again; Kalib loses shoe on sub-zero drive; more on Nov 20, 2009 in Kalib Metro Cafe Post Office Wasilla coffee family mail snow
As I took my walk today, I saw a snowplow coming down the road. It zipped right past me. It reached the end of the road, then turned around and came right back again, it's second blade grinding loudly against the pavement it scraped. It zipped rig...
- It kind of looks like yesterday, but it isn't (and yet, by the time this post appears, it will be) on Nov 19, 2009 in Caleb Kalib dog family horse school bus traffic weather
No, you haven't accidently logged on to yesterday's entry. It's just that today's begins just as did yesterday's. Once again, Kalib was ill and had to stay home from daycare. Once again, despite having worked all night, his Uncle Caleb devoted himsel...
- Kalib gets sick and stays home, I take a walk in the cold air and later go on a coffee drive - how much more excitement do you want? on Nov 18, 2009 in Caleb Kalib Wasilla family raven weather
I have been very lazy and have yet to dig up any of my winter clothes - if everything hasn't disappeared - or buy new clothing if it has. I was desperate to go on a walk this morning, but with the temperature at -22 (-30 c), I needed some kind of pro...
- Preaching, feeding and healing at First Native Baptist; late though it be, our first cold snap finally arrives: NC on Rogue release on Nov 17, 2009 in Anchorage First Native Baptist Church Grotto Iona Little Susitna River Wasilla Wildlife by 300 moose religion weather
I had gone to Anchorage to do an interview and get a couple of photographs of an 11 year-old boy who fed the first bull caribou that he ever shot to the homeless people who gather each Sunday at the First Native Baptist Church in Anchorage to be fed.
- A birthday party on Nov 16, 2009 in Anchorage Bear Meach Charlie Diamond Jacob Kalib Lavina Lisa Margie Rex Ryan birthday by 300 cat dog family
Margie had me load the uncooked pinto beans that she had been soaking all afternoon into the car in such a way so that they would not spill, unless we hit a moose or something. We then headed to town to throw a party for Rex on his 32nd birthday. I c...
- Catching up,* Final: Family Restaurant leftovers on Nov 15, 2009 in Charlie Jacob Kalib Lavina Margie Melanie Wasilla dog family
Kalib and his mom as we enter Family Restaurant. Other people wait to enter and they look pretty darned excited and hungry. Charlie and Melanie soon joined us. The last time we had seen Charlie, his hair was long, so this was a bit of a surpr...
- Catch up* Part 6: Kalib potpourri on Nov 14, 2009 in Jacob Kalib Lavina Margie Muzzy dog family fish
Okay. This will be the final day that I revisit recent pictures that I did not post when I shot them but instead waited until Thursday, November 5, after I had fallen ill. I might as well end this catch-up series with a Kalib potpourri. Here he is, o...
