Making the most of your opportunties

Being a mail clerk doesn’t sound like it could be much fun. But it could be if you make the most of your opportunities, particularly if you lived in Alaska. One of the photo collections in the Alaska State Library’s Historical Collections, PCA 18 – John E. Thwaites Photograph Collection, ca. 1906-1932 was the product [...]

Book Review: Carved in Sand

Carved in Sand by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin. ISBN 978-0-06-059869-3.
Feel like you’re losing your mind? You’re not alone and help (within reason) is available. That is the core message of Ms. Ramin’s book and one that should be shared with anyone you know over 40. Drawing on surveys and interviews from hundreds of successful yet memory [...]

Wait for the Lord

As a Catholic Christian, my church’s Sunday readings are determined by a three year cycle during which we read most of the old and new Testaments. As someone who writes fairly often about peace, war and occupation, this Sunday’s passage from Habakkuk stopped me in my tracks:

Reading 1Hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4
How long, O LORD? I [...]

Aung San Suu Kyi ( short bio )

With the recent events in Burma, I thought some readers would find this video helpful. People in Alaska and other states with a statewide contract for Facts on File at http://www.2facts.com/Formslogin.asp?db=FOFNS for more information on Ms. Suu Kyi.