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Last night, Peter and I met Songya and Can (pronounced John) for dinner at the Slanted Door. This was actually the first time we’d met Can. We’ve heard about him for the past year, but hadn’t yet been lucky enough to meet him.
Songya and Can were a few minutes late - they had a tough […]

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I had a great Saturday morning: breakfast with da ski boy at Snow City Cafe, up to Judy’s to visit puppies (!!!!) and then down to the Rabbit Creek Shooting Range for the annual FBI Citizen’s Academy shoot. I’m a true blue Alaska kid, I know how to shoot and I used to be a […]

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Tyge, Echo, and I just returned from a late evening stroll along the Lagoon. Sad to say for David and Gordon, the ice is still resoundingly in. I think it’s safe to say that it’s going to be around for at least 3-4 more days.
Wednesday it was 64 degrees, yesterday was in the 50’s and […]

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The Ice Classic entry period closed Sunday April 25th at Midnight. We’ve got 23 entries this year and now we all wait. It was downright sultry this afternoon: 50 degrees and partial sun. I even ran in shorts - I’m sure the glare off my winter white legs sped up the Lagoon melting process.
I took […]

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Very typical Anchorage April Day - snowing all day. But fortunately, it was wet snow. Nothing stuck and it helps keep the dust down.
But, this brings to mind that it is early April! Almost time for the 9th Annual Westchester Lagoon Ice Classic!. I’ll get the contest up and running this weekend. And not to […]

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Another great FBI Citizen’s Academy class. Last week we focused on: Crisis (Hostage) Negotiations; Human Trafficking, and Bomb Squad.
All the topics were intensely interesting and the presenters were great. I was particularly impressed by the joint leads of the Human Trafficking task force: an Anchorage Police Department Sergeant and a FBI Special Agent, both of […]

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Last night’s FBI Citizen’s Academy was a total blast. After a tres interesting lecture on laws and FBI policies regarding use of deadly force, we split into two groups and headed off for actual “training”.
First up for my small group of eight (I was the only girl) was SWAT Team training. We learned several […]

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I am so late in getting these photos posted!!!! But, in early January, almost the entire Partnow Clan and various hangers-on (me) converged on St. Petersburg, Florida for Mike and Rachael’s wedding. We had a fantastic time - even though Florida was in the midst of a deep freeze. The ceremony was outside in the […]

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Mom has moved her blog over to Wordpress and I have to say that it looks really nice. She selected a very handsome design. She’s also totally fallen in love with the Wordpress interface. Clean, easy to use, and really facilitates frequent blogging.
Mom just read Paul Johnson’s excellent biography of Winston Churchill, Churchill. The book […]

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We’re in the midst of a real live winter - a la Chronicles of Narnia or A Winter’s Tale. Last week, a heavy ice fog settled in for seven days. It lifted and then a big storm moved in - over three days we got twenty inches of snow. Valdez got sixty inches. Today, the […]

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