Alaska has changed just like every place in my experience

and while life is easier here, again mostly like every place else.

I'm not certain that's entirely for the good.

anytime you have a boom with good jobs, you attract hard working folks just lookin for a piece of the pie and folks that think they work hard, but really aren't that committed to doing so.


Alaska used to be the last best place, and I'd still rather live here than anywhere else. Lordy but I love this place, and it's been so good to us.

There's still lots of salt of the earth folks up here, but there's way more citified whiney liberals than the old days too it seems.

still a great place to call home and try and be thankful every day I live here.


I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.