Poem: My Crazy, Bouncy Dog

11/14/12 - 4:47pm

My Crazy, Bouncy Dog

By Nancy Whiting, Kenai

Her feet are splayed in every direction

and she doesn’t mind my soft correction

because she hears I am laughing so

to see her frolicking in the snow.

She dashes, weaves and plows through brush

as though she’s in a mighty rush

to arrive someplace, I know not where,

and I suspect she doesn’t care.

Some ask me of her breed and I say, “Well,

I often think she must be part gazelle”

because the way she will leap and bound

Doubtful Alaska can free itself from federal government

11/25/11 - 9:35am

In a recent edition of the Clarion (Nov. 18), Norm Olson wrote, "It's about time that the slaves stand up to the federal government and start acting like free men!" In his letter, he likens residents of Alaska to slaves of the federal government. In theory, I don't disagree with Mr. Olson's perspective, but there is more to it than simple theory.

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Leaving a mess is not OK

06/07/11 - 8:57am

I’m sure it was a lovely party. There were balloons and crepe paper decorating the area. Very nice. I wasn’t there for the celebration, but my husband and I were there afterward. It wasn’t in someone’s backyard. This was Captain Cook State Park in the picnic area overlooking Cook Inlet.

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