I’m breaking with tradition and writing about a day before it even happens because I know I’ll be too busy to write tomorrow! Continue reading
Friday the 13th – our lucky day!
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New recipes
Today I was listening to Rose talk to a young local woman about recipes. I heard of things I’ve never heard of before like fireweed honey and fireweed jam, wild cranberry jam, and rhubarb jam. Fireweed is a beautiful flower that sprouts up after a fire has cleared out an area. Continue reading
Back to Fairbanks
Last week I tried asking Rose and Mike if there were any hairdressers in Tok who cut women’s hair. My bangs were beginning to hang in my eyes and bug me. Talking about it between themselves, they finally said, “Well, there’s the dog groomer who also cuts people’s hair!” We decided it was time for another trip to the big city! Continue reading
Moving day!
When we first started talking with Rose about coming to Tok and working in this RV park, we asked her if she had any 50 amp sites. She said she did, but she wasn’t here when we arrived, so we were put in a 30 amp site. Mark began talking with our boss, Mike, about it and yesterday they found a site they could spare for us. Continue reading
Chicken, AK?!
Today Mark and I decided to drive up to Chicken. The story about this town was that the early miners were trying to think of a name for the town and they decided to name it after the ptarmigans which are Alaska’s state bird and are reportedly so stupid that they’re easy to catch and kill for food. Only the miners didn’t know how to spell ptarmigan, so since they sometimes called them Alaskan chickens, they named the town Chicken. Continue reading
House church in Tok
We have a list of churches in Tok and several nearby villages, but the list doesn’t give addresses. It gives phone numbers, so last night Mark called the contact person for the Tok LDS church. They are a house church. Continue reading
Stormy weather
This morning we woke up to nice weather. We went into work and I found out that Rose wanted me to work on the book shelves. We have a little shelf out in the laundry room and a big shelf on the enclosed back porch of the main building. Rose had a friend bequeath boxes and boxes of books to her and she wanted to use them all. Continue reading
Bragging rights
Today was a very busy day and I was alone a good part of it. I didn’t do too badly, and I actually sold a Good Sam membership! Until today, I was the only one who hadn’t. So I’m kind of proud of myself. But not nearly as proud as I am of my nephew, Nate, who is a junior in high school. Here is a report I got from my sister last night: Continue reading
Rose
I finally met my boss, Rose, today and when I offered her my hand to shake, she gave me a hug instead! She’s about the same age as my parents and she seems very nice. She complimented me on what I’d done with the paperback exchange area. Continue reading
Memorial Day
We had plans to drive to Fairbanks today and see what that’s like. We both needed better work shoes and there’s no place in Tok to get good ones. On our way, we stopped at North Pole, Alaska! Yes, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus! Here are some pictures: Continue reading