The Glimmer of a Life: Briefly, why I write about wine
Winters ate more than half the year. In Spring, ice floats would form in the streets. I would play by making a leap in my silver moon boots from ice-island to ice-island the half mile walk from school...
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Photos from a 50th Wedding Anniversary
As some of you know, my parents’ celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this summer. I flew to Alaska to be with my whole family for the event. This weekend we held a get together with many long term...
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How to live Alaska with Forlorn Hope + Dirty + Rowdy
Living Alaska Growing up in Alaska I could only run or ski so long. A group of us would leave the house and run several miles across town to the cross country ski trails where a truck with our...
View ArticleGenerations of Gratefulness: Bringing my Family to South America
I was raised in a multi-generational family in which the strongest tradition is sharing what we appreciate, and what we have learned through stories about the history of our own and our family’s lives....
View ArticleMeals with Melanie: A Thank you for Mattei’s Tavern, Los Olivos
Dinner at Mattei’s Tavern On Sundays we’d go for pastry. In the 1980s, a small rush of French émigrés made their way to Anchorage, Alaska and started a revolution. They opened bakeries for breads,...
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Happy Birthday to my Sister Paula
Happy Birthday to my sister Paula us kids. from left: Melanie, me, Paula My sister Paula today celebrates a birthday. Ten years older than me, she fills few memories of mine from before she left for...
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Celebration of Heritage: In Commemoration of my Grandmother, Ticasuk
Emily Ivanoff Ticasuk Brown Last week the Nome campus of University of Alaska Fairbanks named and dedicated a Student Resource Center to my grandmother, Emily Ivanoff Ticasuk Brown. In 1984, two years...
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Happy Birthday to my Father
Happy Birthday to my Father my dad and I One of my earliest memories it’s sunny and hot in Naknek on the Western Coast of Alaska. It’s rarely hot in Alaska. We’re in the backyard on my great...
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Happy Birthday to my Mom!
Happy Birthday to my Mom! my family when I’m about 8 years old. In back: dad, mom; in front from left: Melanie, Paula, me One of the brightest memories I have of my mother she is singing in church. I...
View ArticleIn Gratitude to Maya Angelou, Rest in Peace
Maya Angelou Rest in Peace As a Native person in Alaska the first question is always, who’s your Grandma? There it’s your family, and the place you’re from that decides who you are. My great...
View Article“I Am Yup’ik”: A short film about the importance of basketball in remote Alaska
I am Yup’ik ESPN.com has just shared an excellent short film, I am Yup’ik, about the importance of basketball in remote Alaska. As some of you know I originate from Alaska. I grew up migrating between...
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Future Communication: Pinot Noir NZ
Pinot Noir NZ 2017 Every four years winemakers from across New Zealand put together a three day event celebrating Pinot Noir. This year, Pinot Noir NZ 2017 took place in its host city of Wellington...
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