Virginia Walters

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Perspective

To prefer one thing over another does not make the unpreferred bad, or unhealthy, or criminal, it just means you have found something better for you

 

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Finally! It’s February

True to form, January was only double the length of the other months

 

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: A few more pills

All the people I visit with these days have the same story

 

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Noise

The first 10 years we were in Alaska we lived remotely

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Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: I guess it’s fall

This time of year I always think of fall when I was a kid

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Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Destination not journey

Reviewing the last column, I wondered when we started to avoid driving

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Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: The road goes on forever…

These trips have given us a unique look at the drive from Kenai to Anchorage

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Regular or unleaded?

Writer’s note: Time for a summer rerun. This column was first run in August 2011. The more things change the more they stay the same.… Continue reading

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Virginia Walters
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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: A rose by any other name…

Nowadays, the trend seems to be no trend. Name the baby whatever hits you at the moment.

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Spring Fever

A sure sign it is almost May at our house is the sun has moved out of my eyes when I try to watch the evening news on T.V.

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Let’s Eat!

We bit the bullet and drove to Anchorage at the end of March. It was easily a month ahead of our usual first trip north… Continue reading

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: It’s March

March is the trickster month, probably why we see so much raven activity these days

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Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)
Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)
Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Happy Holidays

Christmas came to the Central Peninsula with gusto this year

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Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Thanksgiving

We at least have a good idea of what our political future looks like.

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Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Quick trip

When we stepped off the plane at Pullman/Moscow we could have been in Alaska, except for the temperature

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Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: What’s OLD?

It occurred to me that we go through stages all our lives.

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Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Diversity for kids

“I was a little surprised to see a picture book with a solid lesson: Everyone is different; we can all learn from the differences.”

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Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)
Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: The Balding of Kenai

Kenai is slowly loosing all its spruce trees to the infernal beetle

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