Alan over at They Call Me Tater did his year in review and of course being that type of person, I thought that this was a good idea and wanted to do my own post. Winter 2022 started off a little rocky, at the end of January my husband and I both got sick for … Continue reading 2022 in Review
Tag: Alaska
Alaskan Dreams.
Photo by Ashley French, May 2022 I’ve been missing Alaska in the last couple of days. Maybe weeks, maybe even months since we went there in May. No matter where we went, my eyes were saturated with the beauty around me. There’s so much more to Alaska and I didn’t even see a quarter of … Continue reading Alaskan Dreams.
Things I Learned in Alaska.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com If you don't live in Alaska, then you're in a non-Native. I learned this because when I talked to "natives," they would say "Non-natives, I mean, tourists..." They realized that outsiders would think that they were talking about indigenous folks and that's not necessarily what they meant.Everyone is obsessed with … Continue reading Things I Learned in Alaska.
Missing Alaska
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I follow the Alaska tag here on WordPress. I don't always click on the tags I follow to see what's being published very often, but this morning I was thinking about and missing Alaska, so I clicked on the tag and browsed through some blog posts. I miss Alaska. I … Continue reading Missing Alaska
Welcome
Juneau on a sunny afternoon. Copyright Ashley French 2022. If there was one word I had to choose to describe Alaska, I would choose "welcome." Everywhere we went, everyone was so welcoming to us, even though we were "non natives" as they called us. Not many people would think to come to Alaska to live, … Continue reading Welcome
Reading the Wild.
Photo by Samuel Sweet on Pexels.com I now walk into the wild.Chris McCandless I've been immersing myself into Alaskan literature and movies. Not a whole lot since I've got other stuff to do as well as reading books and watching movies, but I'm trying to get into it as much as possible. Last night I … Continue reading Reading the Wild.