Exploring life at the 64th parallel... and beyond.

Welcome to the Fairbanks Tanana valley Farmers Market. Established in the early 70's as a way to develop and promote agriculture, horticulture in Alaska and to provide quality produce products to the public, the Tanana Valley Farmers Market showcases a variety of Alaska Grown products and plants...

Well, this is no scene from Casablanca. The title does reflect my feelings about reporting the same 'ol Fairbanks sales numbers that have I've been reporting for months. How many different ways can I describe... sluggish? There is always good news, of course. That would be that homes that are pr...

Could that be possible? Yesterday our blogging buddy, Ruthmarie Hicks, wrote a post somewhat begging the question of why we, as the voting public, should care about and more importantly feel the need to invade the private lives of elected officials. His involvement in a prostitution ring brought ...

Well, let's just light my fire first thing this morning. One of the first articles I happened to read this morning was from Reuters.com; a story in which the esteemed Senator from Illinois is pushing "for passage of a bill to put huge pay packages of some U.S. corporate executives under greater s...

The word is out... Arctic Man is a go! The course is open today through Thursday for practice with the race start planned for Friday, April 11th at 1:00PM. Saturday and Sunday are reserved as back-up days if the start has to be delayed because of weather conditions. Wait... What IS Arctic Man? We...

We've been playing with this insane video thing since our buddy in Washington, Mrs. My-Globe-Makes-Me-Look-Smart...er, burst onto the video scene. I figured this was as good a time to jump on board as any. Well, I should have jumped off an overpass because this stuff is for the birds. I now have...

No fooling?  It would seem that some folks are getting into this blogging business with a vengance.  I have joked about AR being an addiction, but really, I could quit anytime I wanted to... just like that.  Cold turkey, baby.  Or am I thinking of Wild Turkey?  Hmmm, never mind.I'm not sure if th...

I had plans for today... big plans. We were going to get the motorhome out of storage and bring it home. Not because we had plans to go anywhere this weekend, but so we could unfurl the awning and have a margarita or two in the driveway. Hey, don't knock it. Driveway camping can be fun. The snow ...

I read a post this afternoon that got me to thinking - Yes, I know, that could be dangerous. Broker Bryant wrote a great post in which he put out a few questions trying to wrap his mind around the value proposition of home staging. If you haven't read it, click on over and check it out. As usual...

Do you like chocolate? No, I mean really, really like chocolate? If you think chocolate should be its own food group, we have just the event for you. Join us as we celebrate the University of Alaska Museum's 22nd Annual Chocolate Bash on April 12th at 7:30PM. This year's theme, Chocolate Art in ...